CVE-2013-0268

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    CVE-2013-0268

    Published: 18 Feb 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908693, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.6, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/07/12

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High