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CVE-2013-1819

The _xfs_buf_find function in fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 does not validate block numbers, which allows local users to cause a denial of …

Impact

The _xfs_buf_find function in fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 does not validate block numbers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the ability to mount an XFS filesystem containing a metadata inode with an invalid extent map.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 3.7.5
Versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4

Weakness classification

CWE-20

References