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Bug 459760 (CVE-2013-0231)

Summary: Kernel : "pciback_enable_msi()" Log Message Flooding Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2013-0231)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel>
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE    
Severity: normal CC: kernel
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://secunia.com/advisories/52188/
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2013-02-28 18:47:23 UTC
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Description
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local 
users in a guest virtual machine to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA52059

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.7.10.


Solution
Update to version 3.7.10.
Original Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.7.10
Comment 1 Christopher Díaz Riveros (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 2018-04-04 19:13:49 UTC
There are no longer any 2.x or <3.7.10 kernels available in the repository with
the exception of sys-kernel/xbox-sources which is unsupported by security.