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FKIE_CVE-2013-1826

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-03-22 11:59 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:52
Severity
Summary
The xfrm_state_netlink function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not properly handle error conditions in dump_one_state function calls, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=864745d291b5ba80ea0bd0edcbe67273de368836
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.7
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/07/2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1829-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919384
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/864745d291b5ba80ea0bd0edcbe67273de368836
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=864745d291b5ba80ea0bd0edcbe67273de368836
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/07/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1829-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919384
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/864745d291b5ba80ea0bd0edcbe67273de368836
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 3.5.1
linux linux_kernel 3.5.2
linux linux_kernel 3.5.3
linux linux_kernel 3.5.4
linux linux_kernel 3.5.5
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