7.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
6.2 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.4%
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.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a67adb997419fb53540d4a4f79c6471c60bc69b6
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.5
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/20/16
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=913266
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a67adb997419fb53540d4a4f79c6471c60bc69b6