CVE-2013-4483

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Published: November 4, 2013 at 11:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

Description

The ipc_rcu_putref function in ipc/util.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 does not properly manage a reference count, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a crafted application.

Affected

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

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v ≤ 3.9.113.0 rc1 3.0 rc2 3.0 rc3 3.0 rc4 3.0 rc5 3.0 rc6 3.0 rc7 3.0.1 3.0.10 3.0.11 3.0.12 3.0.13 3.0.14 3.0.15 3.0.16 3.0.17 3.0.18 3.0.19 3.0.2 3.0.20 3.0.21 3.0.22 3.0.23 3.0.24 3.0.25 3.0.26 3.0.27 3.0.28 3.0.29 3.0.3 3.0.30 3.0.31 3.0.32 3.0.33 3.0.34 3.0.35 3.0.36 3.0.37 3.0.38 3.0.39 3.0.4 3.0.40 3.0.41 3.0.42 3.0.43 3.0.44 3.0.45 3.0.46 3.0.47 3.0.48 3.0.49 3.0.5 3.0.50 3.0.51 3.0.52 3.0.53 3.0.54 3.0.55 3.0.56 3.0.57 3.0.58 3.0.59 3.0.6 3.0.60 3.0.61 3.0.62 3.0.63 3.0.64 3.0.65 3.0.66 3.0.67 3.0.68 3.0.7 3.0.8 3.0.9 3.1 3.1 rc1 3.1 rc2 3.1 rc3 3.1 rc4 3.1.1 3.1.10 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.1.5 3.1.6 3.1.7 3.1.8 3.1.9 3.2 3.2 rc2 3.2 rc3 3.2 rc4 3.2 rc5 3.2 rc6 3.2 rc7 3.2.1 3.2.10 3.2.11 3.2.12 3.2.13 3.2.14 3.2.15 3.2.16 3.2.17 3.2.18 3.2.19 3.2.2 3.2.20 3.2.21 3.2.22 3.2.23 3.2.24 3.2.25 3.2.26 3.2.27 3.2.28 3.2.29 3.2.3 3.2.30 3.2.4 3.2.5 3.2.6 3.2.7 3.2.8 3.2.9 3.3 3.3 rc1 3.3 rc2 3.3 rc3 3.3 rc4 3.3 rc5 3.3 rc6 3.3 rc7 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4 3.3.5 3.3.6 3.3.7 3.3.8 3.4 3.4 rc1 3.4 rc2 3.4 rc3 3.4 rc4 3.4 rc5 3.4 rc6 3.4 rc7 3.4.1 3.4.10 3.4.11 3.4.12 3.4.13 3.4.14 3.4.15 3.4.16 3.4.17 3.4.18 3.4.19 3.4.2 3.4.20 3.4.21 3.4.22 3.4.23 3.4.24 3.4.25 3.4.26 3.4.27 3.4.28 3.4.29 3.4.3 3.4.30 3.4.31 3.4.32 3.4.4 3.4.5 3.4.6 3.4.7 3.4.8 3.4.9 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.5.5 3.5.6 3.5.7 3.6 3.6.1 3.6.10 3.6.11 3.6.2 3.6.3 3.6.4 3.6.5 3.6.6 3.6.7 3.6.8 3.6.9 3.7 3.7.1 3.7.10 3.7.2 3.7.3 3.7.4 3.7.5 3.7.6 3.7.7 3.7.8 3.7.9 3.8.0 3.8.1 3.8.10 3.8.11 3.8.12 3.8.13 3.8.2 3.8.3 3.8.4 3.8.5 3.8.6 3.8.7 3.8.8 3.8.9 3.9 rc1 3.9 rc2 3.9 rc3 3.9 rc4 3.9 rc5 3.9 rc6 3.9 rc7 3.9.0 3.9.1 3.9.10 3.9.2 3.9.3 3.9.4 3.9.5 3.9.6 3.9.7 3.9.8 3.9.9

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6062a8dc0517bce23e3c2f7d2fea5e22411269a3

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch

Source: [email protected]

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/30/4

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024854

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6062a8dc0517bce23e3c2f7d2fea5e22411269a3

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2

CVSS

4.9MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-189

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