CVE-2013-2188
A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2...
A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle failure to obtain write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a filesystem that is mounted read-only.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.7
A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle failure to obtain write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a filesystem that is mounted read-only.
- Record
CVE-2013-2188- CVSS 2.0
- 4.7 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle failure to obtain write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a filesystem that is mounted read-only.
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CVE-2013-2188- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-2145 No score
A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle failure to obtain write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a filesystem that is mounted read-only.
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EUVD-2013-2145- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p5g4-c6vw-x6q8 No score
A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2...
A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle failure to obtain write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a filesystem that is mounted read-only.
- Record
GHSA-p5g4-c6vw-x6q8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
kernelRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debugRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debug-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debug-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-docRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-firmwareRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
kernel-headersRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
perfRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
perf-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
python-perf-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
python-perfRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernelRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debugRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debug-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debug-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-docRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-firmwareRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-headersRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
perfRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
perf-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
python-perf-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
python-perfRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernelRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-bootwrapperRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debugRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debug-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debug-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390xRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-docRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-firmwareRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-headersRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-kdumpRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-kdump-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-kdump-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
perfRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
perf-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
python-perf-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
python-perfRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernelRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debugRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debug-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debug-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-docRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-firmwareRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
kernel-headersRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
perfRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
perf-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
python-perf-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
python-perfRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-2188 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published July 16, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975406
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2188
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5g4-c6vw-x6q8
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0911
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/kernel.html
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949981
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950490
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957705
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2013/rhsa-2013_0911.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1935
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1935
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1935
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1943
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1943
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1943
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2017
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2017
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2017
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2188
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2188