CVE-2013-2851
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-2790)
- Published
- June 7, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2790 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137055204522556&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1783.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0284.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1912-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1913-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1941-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1942-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969515
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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