PT-2013-3562 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Published 2013-06-05 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2013-2146

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.9

Description The issue is related to the Performance Events Subsystem in the Linux kernel. It allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a general protection fault and system crash, by attempting to set a reserved bit due to an incorrect bitmask specification.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.9, update to version 3.8.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CESA-2013_1173

CVE-2013-2146

RHSA-2013:1173

RHSA-2013:1195

RHSA-2013:1264

RHSA-2013_1173

SUSE-RU-2015:0621-1

SUSE-SU-2014_0189-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0581-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0736-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1376-1

USN-1837-1

USN-1849-1

USN-1878-1

USN-1879-1

USN-1880-1

USN-1881-1

USN-1882-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 24

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f1923820c447e986a9da0fc6bf60c1dccdf0408e · Exploit
• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f1923820c447e986a9da0fc6bf60c1dccdf0408e · Exploit
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1173.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2146 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1881-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1880-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2146 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1173.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1837-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1879-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1882-1 · Vendor Advisory