What is CVE-2013-1935?

CVE-2013-1935 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.7 out of 10, classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362). CVE-2013-1935 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1935?

CVE-2013-1935 has a CVSS score of 5.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-1935?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-1935. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2013-1935 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-1935 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CVE-2013-1935

Medium

A certain Red Hat patch to the KVM subsystem in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly implement the PV EOI feature, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging a time window during which interrupts are disabled but copy_to_user function calls are possible.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-07-16

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-362

CVE-2013-1935 is a Race Condition vulnerability

What is Race Condition?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2013-1935 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0911.html

Vendor Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949981
Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0907.html

Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-1935

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-07-16

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1935?

CVE-2013-1935 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.7 out of 10 , classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362) . CVE-2013-1935 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1935?

CVE-2013-1935 has a CVSS score of 5.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-1935?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-1935. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2013-1935 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2013-1935 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. View CWE-362 on MITRE CWE →