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CVE-2013-7026

Kernel: ipc,shm: oops caused by shm_file deletion race condition

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.7

CVSS 2.0

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Published · November 21, 2013

Updated · January 8, 2026

Description

Multiple race conditions in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that uses shmctl IPC_RMID operations in conjunction with other shm system calls.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.7
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWE not specified