CVE-2014-2851
Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 6.9 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2014-04-14
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Affected products
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59599
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/11/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66779
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030769
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=b04c46190219a4f845e46a459e3102137b7f6cac
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/736
