CVE-2011-3619
Linux Kernel < 3.0 - Denial of Service via AppArmor /proc/#####/attr/current Parameter Handling
Title source: llmDescription
The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not properly handle invalid parameters, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a /proc/#####/attr/current file.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a5b2c5b2ad5853591a6cac6134cd0f599a720865
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5b2c5b2ad5853591a6cac6134cd0f599a720865
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/17/6
Scores
EPSS
0.0047
EPSS Percentile
37.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel
3.0 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.0
Published
Jun 08, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026