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CVE-2013-6378

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-6378 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the lbs_debugfs_write function within the Linux kernel, specifically affecting versions up to 3.12.1. This flaw allows a local attacker with root privileges to trigger a system crash (OOPS) through a zero-length write operation. While the attack complexity is medium and requires authenticated access, the potential impact is a complete system denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
2.7
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-431.20.3.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.8.13-rt27.33.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-6378Low

Kernel: drivers: libertas: potential oops in debugfs

Nov 22, 2013

References

git.kernel.org
linux.oracle.com / errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html
linux.oracle.com / errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0100.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/59262
secunia.com / advisories/59309
secunia.com / advisories/59406
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/a497e47d4aec37aaf8f13509f3ef3d1f6a717d88
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/11/22/5
securityfocus.com / bid/63886
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2064-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2065-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2066-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2067-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2070-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2075-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2111-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2112-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2114-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2115-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2116-1