CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The log_prefix function in kernel/printk.c in the Linux kernel 3.x before 3.4.33 does not properly remove a prefix string from a syslog header, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) by leveraging /dev/kmsg write access and triggering a call_console_drivers function call.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
linux | linux_kernel | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.0.1 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.0.2 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.0.3 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |