CVE-2013-4220

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4220
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-25 03:27:32 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe bad_mode function in arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9.5 on the ARM64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving an attempted register access that triggers an unexpected value in the Exception Syndrome Register (ESR).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 996380 – CVE-2013-4220 Kernel: arm64: unhandled esr by el0_sync_compat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.9.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
arm64: don't kill the kernel on a bad esr from el0 · torvalds/linux@9955ac4 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: arm64: unhandled el0 traps af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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