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CVE-2013-3301

N/A
Published: April 29, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM UTC
6 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise LinuxLinux Enterprise Server

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%

Description

The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for write access to the (1) set_ftrace_pid or (2) set_graph_function file, and then making an lseek system call.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
3.1 ≤ v < 3.2.443.3 ≤ v < 3.4.493.5 ≤ v < 3.8.8
Affected range stops below 3.2.44, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.4.49, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.8.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Enterprise Linux· Red Hatrpm
95%
6.0
Enterprise Mrg· Red Hat
95%
2.0
Linux Enterprise Desktop· SUSE
95%
11 sp3
Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension· SUSE
95%
11 sp3
Linux Enterprise Server· SUSE
95%
11 sp3

References (12)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a76f8c0ab19f215af2a3442870eeb5f0e81998d
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.8
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/15/1
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1835-1

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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