kernel: denial of service
| Package(s): | kernel | CVE #(s): | CVE-2013-6432 | ||||||||||||
| Created: | February 7, 2014 | Updated: | February 12, 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Description: | From the CVE entry: The ping_recvmsg function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not properly interact with read system calls on ping sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging unspecified privileges to execute a crafted application. | ||||||||||||||
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