The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for write access to the (1) set_ftrace_pid or (2) set_graph_function file, and then making an lseek system call.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2669-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1833-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1834-1 Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1835-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1836-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1838-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1839-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:07:37.739Z

Reserved: 2013-04-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-3301

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-04-29T14:55:04.630

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-3301

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-3301 - Bugzilla

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