Description
The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.7
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141742
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/8
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
30.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (8)
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
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.5.6
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server
10.0 sp4
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server
11.0 sp1
Published
Sep 28, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026