CVE-2013-0313

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.7.5

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, potentially resulting in a system crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts. This occurs when the Extended Verification Module (EVM) is enabled and an attempted removexattr operation is performed on an inode of a sockfs filesystem. The evm update evmxattr function in the Linux kernel is the vulnerable component.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.7.5, update to version 3.7.5 or later to resolve the issue.