CVE-2013-1928: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The do_video_set_spu_palette function in fs/compat_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6.5 on unspecified architectures lacks a certain error check, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE ioctl call on a /dev/dvb device.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.6.4; version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.3 only; version 3.0.4 only; …
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 6.0 only

Published 2013-04-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.