CVE-2013-2140
LOW · CVSS 3.8EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD
The dispatch_discard_io function in drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c in the Xen blkback implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.10.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (data loss) via filesystem write operations on a read-only disk that supports the (1) BLKIF_OP_DISCARD (aka discard or TRIM) or (2) SCSI UNMAP feature.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.0% (63th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-2105)
- Published
- September 25, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2105 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=604c499cbbcc3d5fe5fb8d53306aa0fae1990109
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2013/CVE-2013-2140.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/21
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1938-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1943-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1944-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1945-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1946-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1947-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2038-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2039-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971146
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/604c499cbbcc3d5fe5fb8d53306aa0fae1990109(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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