CVE-2014-2568

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nfqnl_zcopy function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the skb_zerocopy function in net/core/skbuff.c before the vulnerability was announced.

CVSS v2.0 2.9 LOW

2.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 5.5 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/627	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/16	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66348	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2240-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079012	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91922	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/20/421	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/627	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/16	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66348	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2240-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079012	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91922	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/20/421	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-03-24 16:40

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2014-2568

Mitre link : CVE-2014-2568

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-2568

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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