CVE-2013-4483

Published: Nov 4, 2013

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The ipc_rcu_putref function in ipc/util.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 does not properly manage a reference count, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a crafted application.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

openSUSE-SU-2014:0247

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

RHSA-2014:0285

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

[oss-security] 20131030 Re: CVE Request -- Linux kernel: ipc: ipc_rcu_putref refcount races

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6062a8dc0517bce23e3c2f7d2fea5e22411269a3

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024854

x_refsource_CONFIRM

RHSA-2015:0284

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6062a8dc0517bce23e3c2f7d2fea5e22411269a3

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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CVE-2013-4483

Description

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