CVE-2013-2851

Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name.

Date published : 2013-06-07

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969515

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766