Bug 975406 (CVE-2013-2188) - CVE-2013-2188 kernel: fs: filp leak on ro filesystem
Summary: CVE-2013-2188 kernel: fs: filp leak on ro filesystem
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2013-2188
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 920752 928683 1020725
Blocks: 975408
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Reported: 2013-06-18 11:57 UTC by Petr Matousek
Modified: 2023-05-11 23:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-06-18 12:01:35 UTC
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Description Petr Matousek 2013-06-18 11:57:12 UTC 
A flaw was found in the way do_filp_open() function in the Linux kernel handled cleanup in case write access to a mount was denied. A local unprivileged user with acces to a read-only mount could use this flaw to crash the system.

This issue affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 only. Upstream is not affected.

Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Mateusz Guzik of Red Hat.
Comment 1 Petr Matousek 2013-06-18 11:58:54 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux MRG 2.

This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via RHSA-2013:0911 (https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0911.html).

Upstream is not affected.
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