CVE-2013-2851
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 7, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 11, 2013
Description
Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name.
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
- RHSA-2013:1783vendor-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20130606 [PATCH 1/8] block: do not pass disk names as format stringsmailing-list
- USN-1913-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2013:1473vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:1645vendor-advisory
- DSA-2766vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969515
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1971vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2013:1474vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2014:0284vendor-advisory
- USN-1941-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20130606 Linux kernel format string flawsmailing-list
- USN-1942-1vendor-advisory
- USN-1912-1vendor-advisory
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