CVE-2013-7348 Use after free in n/a
Local attackers can trigger a double free in the Linux kernel's AIO subsystem, causing a system crash or potential other impacts.
- 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-2013-7348?
CVE-2013-7348 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Apr 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Double free vulnerability in the ioctx_alloc function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an error condition in the aio_setup_ring function.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7348?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2013-7348?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2013-7348 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7348 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7348, GHSA-4rvv-3767-jm7p.