UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7446

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7446

    Published: 28 Dec 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-7446
    Aliases:
    USN-2886-1
    USN-2886-2
    USN-2887-1

    Summary:

    Details: Use-after-free vulnerability in net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 allows local users to bypass intended AF_UNIX socket permissions or cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted epoll_ctl calls.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7446, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273845, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/syzkaller/3twDUI4Cpm8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/9, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2886-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2886-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2889-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2889-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2887-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2887-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2888-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2890-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2890-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2890-3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7446

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-77.121

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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
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