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The dispatch_discard_io function in drivers/block/xen...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 21, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The dispatch_discard_io function in drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c in the Xen blkback implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.10.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (data loss) via filesystem write operations on a read-only disk that supports the (1) BLKIF_OP_DISCARD (aka discard or TRIM) or (2) SCSI UNMAP feature.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 25, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 21, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(65th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-2140

GHSA ID

GHSA-qw94-9pv3-h4jx

Source code

No known source code

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