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CVE-2013-1772

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-02-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 3.0-rc1, 3.0-rc2, 3.0-rc3, 3.0-rc4, 3.0-rc5, 3.0-rc6 (+153)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.33
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/9
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916075
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce0030c00f95cf9110d9cdcd41e901e1fb814417
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.33
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/9
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916075
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce0030c00f95cf9110d9cdcd41e901e1fb814417

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