| Name | CVE-2013-3301 |
| Description | The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for write access to the (1) set_ftrace_pid or (2) set_graph_function file, and then making an lseek system call. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2669-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.237-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.137-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.135-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.27-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.12.29-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.41-2+deb7u2 | | DSA-2669-1 | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.8.11-1 | low | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/6a76f8c0ab19f215af2a3442870eeb5f0e81998d
Not enabled in default kernels