CVE-2014-0131

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2014-03-10
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
1074589: CVE-2014-0131 kernel: net: use-after-free during segmentation with zerocopy

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2014-0131 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

This issue affects the Linux kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. The risks and engineering effort associated with fixing this bug are greater
than its security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed
in future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. For additional
information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.9
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 realtime-kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Michael S. Tsirkin of Red Hat.

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