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CVE-2013-4299 json

Interpretation conflict in drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.6 allows remote authenticated users to obtain s…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4193

cvss
6.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Interpretation conflict in drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.6 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data via a crafted mapping to a snapshot block device.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.11.6-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4299

  • kernel RHEL 5 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 5 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-common RHEL 5 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5
  • kernel RHEL 5 2.6.18-348.21.1.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5 2.6.18-348.21.1.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5 2.6.18-348.21.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1449RHSA-2013:1450RHSA-2013:1860RHSA-2013:1783RHSA-2013:1520RHSA-2013:1490

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4299 updated cvss 4.3

kernel: dm: dm-snapshot data leak

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5, kernel 2.6.18-348.21.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-348.21.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-348.21.1.el5, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1449
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.2) perf 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1519
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.3) perf 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, perf 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1450
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.2) kernel 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1519
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.3) kernel 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1450
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1449
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1436
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 perf 2.6.32-358.123.4.openstack.el6, kernel 2.6.32-358.123.4.openstack.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-358.123.4.openstack.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-358.123.4.openstack.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.123.4.openstack.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1520
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1436
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.2) perf 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1519
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3) perf 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, perf 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1450
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1436
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.2) kernel 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-220.45.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1519
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.3) kernel 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-279.39.1.el6, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1450
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, python-perf 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1436
  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 6 Server v.2 kernel-rt 3.8.13-rt14.25.el6rt, mrg-rt-release 3.8.13-rt14.25.el6rt, kernel-rt-trace 3.8.13-rt14.25.el6rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 3.8.13-rt14.25.el6rt, kernel-rt-firmware 3.8.13-rt14.25.el6rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.8.13-rt14.25.el6rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1490
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e9c6a182649f4259db704ae15a91ac820e63b0ca referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • git.kernel.org http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9c6a182649f4259db704ae15a91ac820e63b0ca referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
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References

Sources

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