# CVE-2014-0131: Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb\_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-03-24 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074589
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg274250.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fd819ecb90cc9b822cd84d3056ddba315d3340f
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg274316.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/10/4
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1fd819ecb90cc9b822cd84d3056ddba315d3340f

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