CVE-2013-2596

What is affected

Vendor	Linux
Product	Kernel
Weakness	CWE-189

The vulnerability

Linux kernel fb_mmap function in drivers/video/fbmem.c contains an integer overflow vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 6 October 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.

Where this comes from

Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 11 Nov 2026, 21:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.

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