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FKIE_CVE-2014-2851

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-04-14 23:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:07
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/59386Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/59599Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/11/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66779Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030769Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=b04c46190219a4f845e46a459e3102137b7f6cacExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/736Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/59386Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/59599Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/11/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66779Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030769Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=b04c46190219a4f845e46a459e3102137b7f6cacExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/736Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 3.0
debian debian_linux 7.0
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