Bug 1039046 (CVE-2013-6432) - CVE-2013-6432 Kernel: ping: NULL pointer dereference on write to msg_name
Summary: CVE-2013-6432 Kernel: ping: NULL pointer dereference on write to msg_name
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2013-6432
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1036074
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Reported: 2013-12-06 13:07 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2023-05-12 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-06-10 11:55:35 UTC
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Description Prasad Pandit 2013-12-06 13:07:45 UTC 
Linux kernel built with the TCP/IP networking support(CONFIG_NET) is vulnerable
to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. It could occur via a plain read(2) call on
a ping socket. Usage of ping sockets is generally restricted to privileged
users.

A user/program able to read from ping sockets could use this flaw to crash a
system resulting in DoS.

Upstream fix:
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 -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-12-06 14:08:09 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
Comment 2 Prasad Pandit 2013-12-06 14:14:51 UTC 
Acknowledgement:

Red Hat would like to thank Mr Hannes Frederic Sowa for reporting this issue.
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