CVE-2013-3301

The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for write access to the (1) set_ftrace_pid or (2) set_graph_function file, and then making an lseek system call.

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 60th percentile

Published

2013-04-29

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38465

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2013-3299
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