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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2013-1774 Detail

Description

The chase_port function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an attempted /dev/ttyUSB read or write operation on a disconnected Edgeport USB serial converter.


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Evaluator Impact

Per https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1774 "This issue affects the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 may address this issue."

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1ee0a224bc9aad1de496c795f96bc6ba2c394811 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/27/29 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/cve-2013-1774-linux-kernel-edgeport-usb-serial-converter-null-pointer-dereference/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916191 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1ee0a224bc9aad1de496c795f96bc6ba2c394811 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-1774
NVD Published Date:
02/28/2013
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.