CVE-2013-1772
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 28, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 19, 2013
Description
The log_prefix function in kernel/printk.c in the Linux kernel 3.x before 3.4.33 does not properly remove a prefix string from a syslog header, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) by leveraging /dev/kmsg write access and triggering a call_console_drivers function call.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce0030c00f95cf9110d9cdcd41e901e1fb814417
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1187vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20130226 Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel: call_console_drivers() Function Log Prefix Stripping buffer overflowmailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916075
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.33
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