CVE
- Id
- 61719
- CVE No.
- CVE-2013-1772
- Status
- Candidate
- 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.
- Phase
- Assigned (20130219)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments