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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2013-05-03T10:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.475Z
Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2013-2017

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2013-05-03T11:57:45.790
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2013-2017
