Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-2015
Published: April 29, 2013 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92518
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2015
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management errors error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2015
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/26/16
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e9a9a1ad619e7e987815d20262d36a2f95717ca
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957123
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0e9a9a1ad619e7e987815d20262d36a2f95717ca