# CVE-2013-6382: Multiple buffer underflows in the XFS implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-11-27 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple buffer underflows in the XFS implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for a (1) XFS_IOC_ATTRLIST_BY_HANDLE or (2) XFS_IOC_ATTRLIST_BY_HANDLE_32 ioctl call with a crafted length value, related to the xfs_attrlist_by_handle function in fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c and the xfs_compat_attrlist_by_handle function in fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c.

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## References

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/22/5
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2158-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63889
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033603
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/xfs/msg23343.html

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