CVE-2013-2188 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can crash the system by exploiting a kernel flaw when accessing read-only filesystems, requiring a patched kernel.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-2188?
CVE-2013-2188 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 16 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle failure to obtain write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a filesystem that is mounted read-only.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2188?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2188?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-2188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-p5g4-c6vw-x6q8.