Description
fs/ext3/super.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 uses incorrect arguments to functions in certain circumstances related to printk input, which allows local users to conduct format-string attacks and possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d0c2d10dd72c5292eda7a06231056a4c972e4cc ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1814-1 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/8 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d0c2d10dd72c5292eda7a06231056a4c972e4cc ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920783 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1 ↗