SB2014040113 - Resource management error in Linux kernel
Published: April 1, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014040113
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7348)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Double free vulnerability in the ioctx_alloc function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an error condition in the aio_setup_ring function.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d558023207e008a4476a3b7bb8706b2a2bf5d84f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/10
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d558023207e008a4476a3b7bb8706b2a2bf5d84f