CVE-2013-0268: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root, as demonstrated by msr32.c.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.7.5; version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.3 only; version 3.0.4 only; …

Published 2013-02-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.