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 NVD

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, 62nd percentile

Published

2013-04-29

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

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

Security advisories

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a76f8c0a…
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.8
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1835-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952197

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry