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CVE-2013-6432

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 soc

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Summary

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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Affected versions

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References 8

ubuntu.com

openwall.com

kernel.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

GitHub · torvalds/linux

lists.opensuse.org

git.kernel.org