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Bug 494074 - Kernel: exitcode: Denial of Service (CVE-2013-4512)
Summary: Kernel: exitcode: Denial of Service (CVE-2013-4512)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Security
URL:
Whiteboard: [ <3.12 ]
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Reported: 2013-12-12 17:36 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified: 2022-03-25 19:11 UTC (History)
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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2013-12-12 17:36:29 UTC 
CVE-2013-4512 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4512):
  Buffer overflow in the exitcode_proc_write function in
  arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allows local users
  to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by
  leveraging root privileges for a write operation.