VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4220
The bad_mode function in arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9.5 on the ARM64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving an attempted register access that triggers an unexpected value…
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.50%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The bad_mode function in arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9.5 on the ARM64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving an attempted register access that triggers an unexpected value in the Exception Syndrome Register (ESR).
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9955ac47f4ba1c95ecb6092aeaefb40a22e99268
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.9.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/08/12Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996380
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9955ac47f4ba1c95ecb6092aeaefb40a22e99268Exploit, Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9955ac47f4ba1c95ecb6092aeaefb40a22e99268
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.9.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/08/12Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996380
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9955ac47f4ba1c95ecb6092aeaefb40a22e99268Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.