medium4.7
CVE-2013-4205
Memory leak in the unshare_userns function in kernel/user_namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory…
Impact
Memory leak in the unshare_userns function in kernel/user_namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an invalid CLONE_NEWUSER unshare call.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | through 3.10.5 Versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6160968cee8b90a5dd95318d716e31d7775c4ef3
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/364566062336978944
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/06/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1971-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1974-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6160968cee8b90a5dd95318d716e31d7775c4ef3
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6160968cee8b90a5dd95318d716e31d7775c4ef3
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/364566062336978944
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/06/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1971-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1974-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6160968cee8b90a5dd95318d716e31d7775c4ef3