CVE-2013-0309

medium

Description

arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.6.2, when transparent huge pages are used, does not properly support PROT_NONE memory regions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/027ef6c87853b0a9df53175063028edb4950d476

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912898

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/20/4

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.2

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=027ef6c87853b0a9df53175063028edb4950d476

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-02-22

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00048