CVE-2013-2140

Published September 25th, 2013

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CVSS v3

N/A

CVSS v2

3.8

LOW

Affected

PROJECT

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.

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