Linux Kernel '_ nfs4_get_acl_uncached ()' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
Linux kernel 3.x
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 63791
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2013-4591

Linux Kernel is the Kernel of the Linux operating system.

Linux Kernel does not correctly check the buffer length in _ nfs4_get_acl_uncached. There is a security vulnerability in implementation. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the core permissions.

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Vendor patch:

Linux
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://www.kernel.org/
Http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit? Id = 7d3e91a89b7adbc2831334def9e494dd9892f9af

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