{"id":"CVE-2013-6432","details":"The ping_recvmsg function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not properly interact with read system calls on ping sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging unspecified privileges to execute a crafted application.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:43:07.480823Z","published":"2013-12-09T18:55:10Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/06/6"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039046"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}