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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 3.13.4-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 3.13.4-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 3.13.4-1 | — |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d558023207e008a4476a3b7bb8706b2a2bf5d84f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4
- [oss-security] 20140331 CVE-2013-7348 CVE-2014-2678 Linux kernel aio and rds issues mailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d558023207e008a4476a3b7bb8706b2a2bf5d84f