PT-2013-4908
CVE-2013-4220
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Published
2013-08-25
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Updated
2023-02-13
Description by
CVSS 2.0
4.9
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 3.9.5
Description
The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash. This occurs via vectors involving an attempted register access that triggers an unexpected value in the Exception Syndrome Register (ESR), specifically through the bad mode function in arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c on the ARM64 platform.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 3.9.5, update to version 3.9.5 or later to resolve the issue.
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