Description
Buffer overflow in the exitcode_proc_write function in arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging root privileges for a write operation.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=201f99f170df14ba52ea4c52847779042b7a623b
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/201f99f170df14ba52ea4c52847779042b7a623b
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63510
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/04/22
Scores
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
32.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (44)
linux/linux_kernel
3.0 rc1 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.1
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.2
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.3
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.4
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.5
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.6
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.7
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.8
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.9
... and 34 more
Published
Nov 12, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026