Bug 952197 (CVE-2013-3301) - CVE-2013-3301 Kernel: tracing: NULL pointer dereference
Summary: CVE-2013-3301 Kernel: tracing: NULL pointer dereference
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2013-3301
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 952212 952213 952214 952215 952217
Blocks: 952150
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-04-15 11:21 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 07:49 UTC (History)
24 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-06-10 04:59:16 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1051 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update 2013-07-16 22:22:03 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1080 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update 2013-07-16 21:21:21 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1264 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update 2013-09-16 21:01:17 UTC

Description Prasad Pandit 2013-04-15 11:21:56 UTC
Linux kernel built with Function Tracers(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER) &
Stack Tracers(CONFIG_STACK_TRACER) support is vulnerable to a NULL pointer
deference flaw. It occurs while writing to `set_ftrace_pid' or
`set_graph_function' files used by kernel tracers.

A privileged(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) user could use this flaw to crash the system
resulting in DoS.

Upstream fix:
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 -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/6a76f8c0ab19f215af2a3442870eeb5f0e81998d

Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-04-15 11:26:03 UTC
Statement:

This issue does not affect the version of the kernel package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue affects the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future kernel updates
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 may address this
issue.

Comment 4 Prasad Pandit 2013-04-15 11:40:17 UTC
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 952217]

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-04-19 04:59:04 UTC
kernel-3.8.8-202.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2013-07-16 17:29:19 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2013:1080 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1080.html

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2013-07-16 18:29:07 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:1051 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2013-09-16 17:03:33 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  MRG for RHEL-6 v.2

Via RHSA-2013:1264 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1264.html


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