CVE-2013-0268
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 18, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 6, 2012
Description
The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root, as demonstrated by msr32.c.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1187vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20130207 Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel: x86/msr: /dev/cpu/*/msr local privilege escalationmailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908693
- SUSE-SU-2013:0674vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00
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