CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-0914

3.6 LOW Published 2013-03-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-03-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

The flush_signal_handlers function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 preserves the value of the sa_restorer field across an exec operation, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application containing a sigaction system call.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 3.8.3) • linux linux kernel 3.8.0 • linux linux kernel 3.8.1 • linux linux kernel 3.8.2

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References