CVE-2013-6381 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-6381?

CVE-2013-6381 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Nov 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the qeth_snmp_command function in drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an SNMP ioctl call with a length value that is incompatible with the command-buffer size.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6381?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6381?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-6381 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6381 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 AZL-34238, AZL-34847, DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6381, GHSA-f88x-mj9c-xm2g.