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CVE-2014-2851

CVE-2014-2851

EPSS 1.0%
Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter.
Affected products
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References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730http://secunia.com/advisories/59386http://secunia.com/advisories/59599https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=b04c46190219a4f845e46a459e3102137b7f6cachttps://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/736http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/11/4http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66779http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030769