CVE-2013-2851 (GCVE-0-2013-2851)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-06-07 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:52
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
Chrome CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard E 43/100 over 3023 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2013-06-06 00:00
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