CVE-2013-3301
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 11 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.2.44 | |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.8.11-1 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a76f8c0ab19f215af2a3442870eeb5f0e81998d
- 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/15/1
- 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
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6a76f8c0ab19f215af2a3442870eeb5f0e81998d
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3301
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.