CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-0268
6.2 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-02-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.2 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root, as demonstrated by msr32.c.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 3.7.5)
• linux linux kernel 3.0
• linux linux kernel 3.0.1
• linux linux kernel 3.0.2
• linux linux kernel 3.0.3
• linux linux kernel 3.0.4
• linux linux kernel 3.0.5
• linux linux kernel 3.0.6
• linux linux kernel 3.0.7
• linux linux kernel 3.0.8
• linux linux kernel 3.0.9
• linux linux kernel 3.0.10
• linux linux kernel 3.0.11
• linux linux kernel 3.0.12
• linux linux kernel 3.0.13
• linux linux kernel 3.0.14
• linux linux kernel 3.0.15
• linux linux kernel 3.0.16
• linux linux kernel 3.0.17
• linux linux kernel 3.0.18
• linux linux kernel 3.0.19
• linux linux kernel 3.0.20
• linux linux kernel 3.0.21
• linux linux kernel 3.0.22
• linux linux kernel 3.0.23
• linux linux kernel 3.0.24
• linux linux kernel 3.0.25
• linux linux kernel 3.0.26
• linux linux kernel 3.0.27
• linux linux kernel 3.0.28
• linux linux kernel 3.0.29
• linux linux kernel 3.0.30
• linux linux kernel 3.0.31
• linux linux kernel 3.0.32
• linux linux kernel 3.0.33
• linux linux kernel 3.0.34
• linux linux kernel 3.0.35
• linux linux kernel 3.0.36
• linux linux kernel 3.0.37
• linux linux kernel 3.0.38
• linux linux kernel 3.0.39
• linux linux kernel 3.0.40
• linux linux kernel 3.0.41
• linux linux kernel 3.0.42
• linux linux kernel 3.0.43
• linux linux kernel 3.0.44
• linux linux kernel 3.1
• linux linux kernel 3.1.1
• linux linux kernel 3.1.2
• linux linux kernel 3.1.3
• linux linux kernel 3.1.4
• linux linux kernel 3.1.5
• linux linux kernel 3.1.6
• linux linux kernel 3.1.7
• linux linux kernel 3.1.8
• linux linux kernel 3.1.9
• linux linux kernel 3.1.10
• linux linux kernel 3.2
• linux linux kernel 3.2.1
• linux linux kernel 3.2.2
… and 77 more
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.6 www.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/07/12 www.openwall.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908693 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00 github.com
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.6 www.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/07/12 www.openwall.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908693 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00 github.com