CVE-2013-4592: Medium severity linux kernel vulnerability

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2013-4592?

CVE-2013-4592 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service by consuming significant memory resources.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2013-4592?

To remediate CVE-2013-4592, upgrade to a patched version of the Linux kernel, specifically version 3.10 or later, which addresses this vulnerability.

Q: Who is affected by CVE-2013-4592?

CVE-2013-4592 affects local users on systems running vulnerable versions of the Linux kernel prior to 3.10.

Q: What systems are impacted by CVE-2013-4592?

Any system running Linux kernel versions lower than 3.10 is potentially impacted by CVE-2013-4592.

Q: What type of vulnerability is CVE-2013-4592?

CVE-2013-4592 is a memory leak vulnerability in the __kvm_set_memory_region function within the Linux kernel.

Published Nov 18, 2013

Updated

Last updated 24 July 2024

Other sources

Memory leak in the kvmsetmemoryregion function in virt/kvm/kvmmain.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging certain device access to trigger movement of memory slots.

— Launchpad

When a user memory slot is moved (ie. the basegfn changes), iommu pages are neither unpinned nor unmapped. The memory for these pages then cannot be recovered without rebooting the system.

Local user with ability to assign device (with access to PCI sysfs files for a device) could use this flaw to DoS the system.

Upstream fixes: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12d6e7538e2d418c08f082b1b44ffa5fb7270ed8 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e40f193f5bb022e927a57a4f5d5194e4f12ddb74

— Red Hat

Affected Software

235 affected componentsFixes available

Linux Linux kernel<=3.9

Linux Linux kernel=3.0-rc1

Linux Linux kernel=3.0-rc2

Linux Linux kernel=3.0-rc3

Linux Linux kernel=3.0-rc4

Linux Linux kernel=3.0-rc5

Linux Linux kernel=3.0-rc6

Linux Linux kernel=3.0-rc7

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.1

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.2

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.3

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.4

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.5

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.6

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.7

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.8

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.9

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.10

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.11

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.12

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.13

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.14

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.15

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.16

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.17

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.18

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.19

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.20

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.21

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.22

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.23

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.24

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.25

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.26

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.27

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.28

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.29

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.30

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.31

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.32

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.33

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.34

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.35

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.36

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.37

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.38

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.39

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.40

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.41

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.42

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.43

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.44

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.45

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.46

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.47

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.48

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.49

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.50

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.51

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.52

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.53

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.54

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.55

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.56

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.57

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.58

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.59

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.60

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.61

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.62

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.63

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.64

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.65

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.66

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.67

Linux Linux kernel=3.0.68

Linux Linux kernel=3.1

Linux Linux kernel=3.1-rc1

Linux Linux kernel=3.1-rc2

Linux Linux kernel=3.1-rc3

Linux Linux kernel=3.1-rc4

Linux Linux kernel=3.1.1

Linux Linux kernel=3.1.2

Linux Linux kernel=3.1.3

Linux Linux kernel=3.1.4

Linux Linux kernel=3.1.5

Linux Linux kernel=3.1.6

Linux Linux kernel=3.1.7

Linux Linux kernel=3.1.8

Linux Linux kernel=3.1.9

Linux Linux kernel=3.1.10

Linux Linux kernel=3.2

Linux Linux kernel=3.2-rc2

Linux Linux kernel=3.2-rc3

Linux Linux kernel=3.2-rc4

Linux Linux kernel=3.2-rc5

Linux Linux kernel=3.2-rc6

Linux Linux kernel=3.2-rc7

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.1

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.2

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.3

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.4

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.5

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.6

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.7

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.8

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.9

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.10

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.11

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.12

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.13

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.14

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.15

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.16

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.17

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.18

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.19

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.20

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.21

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.22

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.23

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.24

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.25

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.26

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.27

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.28

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.29

Linux Linux kernel=3.2.30

Linux Linux kernel=3.3

Linux Linux kernel=3.3-rc1

Linux Linux kernel=3.3-rc2

Linux Linux kernel=3.3-rc3

Linux Linux kernel=3.3-rc4

Linux Linux kernel=3.3-rc5

Linux Linux kernel=3.3-rc6

Linux Linux kernel=3.3-rc7

Linux Linux kernel=3.3.1

Linux Linux kernel=3.3.2

Linux Linux kernel=3.3.3

Linux Linux kernel=3.3.4

Linux Linux kernel=3.3.5

Linux Linux kernel=3.3.6

Linux Linux kernel=3.3.7

Linux Linux kernel=3.3.8

Linux Linux kernel=3.4

Linux Linux kernel=3.4-rc1

Linux Linux kernel=3.4-rc2

Linux Linux kernel=3.4-rc3

Linux Linux kernel=3.4-rc4

Linux Linux kernel=3.4-rc5

Linux Linux kernel=3.4-rc6

Linux Linux kernel=3.4-rc7

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.1

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.2

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.3

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.4

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.5

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.6

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.7

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.8

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.9

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.10

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.11

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.12

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.13

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.14

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.15

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.16

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.17

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.18

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.19

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.20

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.21

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.22

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.23

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.24

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.25

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.26

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.27

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.28

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.29

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.30

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.31

Linux Linux kernel=3.4.32

Linux Linux kernel=3.5.1

Linux Linux kernel=3.5.2

Linux Linux kernel=3.5.3

Linux Linux kernel=3.5.4

Linux Linux kernel=3.5.5

Linux Linux kernel=3.5.6

Linux Linux kernel=3.5.7

Linux Linux kernel=3.6

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.1

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.2

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.3

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.4

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.5

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.6

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.7

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.8

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.9

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.10

Linux Linux kernel=3.6.11

Linux Linux kernel=3.7

Linux Linux kernel=3.7.1

Linux Linux kernel=3.7.2

Linux Linux kernel=3.7.3

Linux Linux kernel=3.7.4

Linux Linux kernel=3.7.5

Linux Linux kernel=3.7.6

Linux Linux kernel=3.7.7

Linux Linux kernel=3.7.8

Linux Linux kernel=3.7.9

Linux Linux kernel=3.7.10

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.0

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.1

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.2

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.3

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.4

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.5

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.6

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.7

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.8

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.9

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.10

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.11

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.12

Linux Linux kernel=3.8.13

Linux Linux kernel=3.9-rc1

Linux Linux kernel=3.9-rc2

Linux Linux kernel=3.9-rc3

Linux Linux kernel=3.9-rc4

Linux Linux kernel=3.9-rc5

Linux Linux kernel=3.9-rc6

debian/linux

5.10.223-15.10.234-16.1.129-16.1.135-16.12.25-1

Remediation

Event History

Nov 18, 2013

Data Sourced

via Red Hat·03:10 PM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Nov 19, 2013

CVE Published

via MITRE·03:00 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·03:00 PM

Description

Jan 11, 2024

Data Sourced

via Launchpad·10:02 PM

Description

Sep 16, 2024

Data Sourced

via Ubuntu·01:00 AM

RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Apr 24, 2025

Data Sourced

via Debian·02:08 AM

DescriptionAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4592?

CVE-2013-4592 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service by consuming significant memory resources.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4592?

To remediate CVE-2013-4592, upgrade to a patched version of the Linux kernel, specifically version 3.10 or later, which addresses this vulnerability.

Who is affected by CVE-2013-4592?

CVE-2013-4592 affects local users on systems running vulnerable versions of the Linux kernel prior to 3.10.

What systems are impacted by CVE-2013-4592?

Any system running Linux kernel versions lower than 3.10 is potentially impacted by CVE-2013-4592.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2013-4592?

CVE-2013-4592 is a memory leak vulnerability in the __kvm_set_memory_region function within the Linux kernel.

CVE-2013-4592: Medium severity linux kernel vulnerability

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What is the severity of CVE-2013-4592?

How do I fix CVE-2013-4592?

Who is affected by CVE-2013-4592?

What systems are impacted by CVE-2013-4592?

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2013-4592?

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