UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0313

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0313

    Published: 21 Feb 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-0313
    Aliases:
    USN-1767-1
    USN-1768-1
    USN-1769-1

    Summary:

    Details: The evm_update_evmxattr function in security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5, when the Extended Verification Module (EVM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an attempted removexattr operation on an inode of a sockfs filesystem.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0313, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/20, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1767-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1768-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1769-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1781-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1774-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0313

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    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