PT-2013-4012 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Kees Cook

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Published

2013-09-13

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Updated

2014-04-02

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CVE-2013-2894

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.12
Description The issue allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted device, specifically through the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem when CONFIG HID LENOVO TPKBD is enabled. This is due to a heap-based out-of-bounds write in the drivers/hid/hid-lenovo-tpkbd.c file.
Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.12, update to version 3.12 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1422
CVE-2013-2894
MGASA-2013-0371
MGASA-2013-0372
MGASA-2013-0373
MGASA-2013-0374
MGASA-2013-0375
USN-2020-1
USN-2023-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Linux Kernel
Suse