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…

published March 6, 2013

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00440 · 37.2th percentile
Published
2013-03-06T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAR 22:00Z
    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…
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