Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.6.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006197
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Feb 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Feb 2013

CVE-2013-0309  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.6.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.6.2, when transparent huge pages are used, does not properly support PROT_NONE memory regions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

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CVSS Base Scores

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