CVE-2013-3301
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-3301 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-04-29 14:55:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for write access to the (1) set_ftrace_pid or (2) set_graph_function file, and then making an lseek system call. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| oss-security - CVE request - Linux kernel: tracing NULL pointer dereference | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List |
| USN-1838-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| USN-1834-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| tracing: Fix possible NULL pointer dereferences · torvalds/linux@6a76f8c · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Exploit |
| www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kernel.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| USN-1836-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:1971-1: moderate: kernel: security and bugfix update | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| 952197 – (CVE-2013-3301) CVE-2013-3301 Kernel: tracing: NULL pointer dereference | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1473-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| USN-1835-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.kernel.org | Third Party Advisory |
| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree | MITRE | git.kernel.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2013-3301 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.