CVE-2013-4247

high
Published 2013-08-25 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

Off-by-one error in the build_unc_path_to_root function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) via a DFS share mount operation that triggers use of an unexpected DFS referral name length.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4247

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fc29bacedeabb278080e31bb9c1ecb49f143c3b

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.9.6

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
linux linux-kernelaffected3.9.6
debian debianbookwormfixed3.9.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.9.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.9.6-1
debian debiansidfixed3.9.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.9.6-1

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.