Buffer Overflow in exitcode_proc_write Function in Linux Kernel

CVE-2013-4512 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Buffer overflow in the exitcode_proc_write function in arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging root privileges for a write operation.

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