CVE-2013-2017
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2017
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-2017.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-2017
- Downstream
- Published
- 2013-05-03T11:57:45Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:44:25.040403Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957705
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/10
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K39655464