CVE-2013-0313 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2013-0313?

CVE-2013-0313 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Feb 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The evm_update_evmxattr function in security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5, when the Extended Verification Module (EVM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an attempted removexattr operation on an inode of a sockfs filesystem.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0313?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0313?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-0313 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0313 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0313, GHSA-24wf-grgh-4jhc.