CVE-2011-3619 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a denial of service via NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel AppArmor module by writing to proc files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2011-3619?

CVE-2011-3619 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 Jun 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not properly handle invalid parameters, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a /proc/#####/attr/current file.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3619?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3619?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3619 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-3619 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3619 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p4j6-9q4q-698h.

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