Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-2850
CVE-2013-2850
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_add_notunderstood_response function in drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c in the iSCSI target subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OOPS) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long key that is not properly handled during construction of an error-response packet.
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References
12- git.kernel.orgnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00017.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00011.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00018.htmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/01/2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1844-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1845-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1846-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1847-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cea4dcfdad926a27a18e188720efe0f2c9403456nvd
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