Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2013-7026

Multiple race conditions in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that uses shmctl IPC_RMID operations in conjunction with other shm system calls.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.004 (33.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)