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CVE-2013-0290

Published: Feb 19, 2013

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

The __skb_recv_datagram function in net/core/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8 does not properly handle the MSG_PEEK flag with zero-length data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) via a crafted application.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MANDRIVA

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911473

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=77c1090f94d1b0b5186fb13a1b71b47b1343f87f

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77c1090f94d1b0b5186fb13a1b71b47b1343f87f

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.8.bz2

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[oss-security] 20130214 Re: CVE Request: kernel -- local DOS (endless loop with interrupts disabled)

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

openSUSE-SU-2013:1042

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

openSUSE-SU-2013:0951

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

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