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USN-1792-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-1792-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

02/28/2013

Created

07/25/2018

Added

05/06/2013

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the shmem_remount_fs function in mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.10 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by remounting a tmpfs filesystem without specifying a required mpol (aka mempolicy) mount option.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-386
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-generic
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-generic-pae
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-ia64
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-lpia
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-powerpc
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-powerpc-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-powerpc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-preempt
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-server
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-sparc64
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-sparc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-versatile
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-46-virtual

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2012-6537
CVE - 2012-6537
CVE - 2012-6539
CVE - 2012-6540
CVE - 2013-0914
CVE - 2013-1767
CVE - 2013-1792
RHSA-2013:0744
RHSA-2013:0882
RHSA-2013:0928
RHSA-2013:1051
USN-1792-1

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