CVE-2013-2017 (GCVE-0-2013-2017)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-05-03 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:20
VLAI
Summary
The veth (aka virtual Ethernet) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage skbs during congestion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging lack of skb consumption in conjunction with a double-free error.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Date Public
2010-05-16 00:00
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