CVE-2013-1826 (GCVE-0-2013-1826)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-03-22 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 15:13
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
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