CVE-2013-1767
Public on 2013-02-28
Modified on 2014-09-15
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the shmem_remount_fs function in mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.10 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by remounting a tmpfs filesystem without specifying a required mpol (aka mempolicy) mount option.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2013-06-11 | ALAS-2013-200 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 6.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |