CVE-2013-6282
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-11-19 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 17:38
Severity ?
Summary
The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against Android devices in October and November 2013.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8404663f81d212918ff85f493649a7991209fa04Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/missing-access-checks-putusergetuser-kernel-api-cve-2013-6282Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/14/11Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63734Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8404663f81d212918ff85f493649a7991209fa04Exploit, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40975/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8404663f81d212918ff85f493649a7991209fa04Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/missing-access-checks-putusergetuser-kernel-api-cve-2013-6282Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/14/11Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63734Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8404663f81d212918ff85f493649a7991209fa04Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40975/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-09-15

Due date: 2022-10-06

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8404663f81d212918ff85f493649a7991209fa04; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6282

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