FKIE_CVE-2013-2851
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-06-07 14:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:54
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9.0 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9.1 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9.2 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.9.3 |
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