CVE-2013-0290
linux linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The __skb_recv_datagram function in net/core/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8 does not properly handle the MSG_PEEK flag with zero-length data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) via a crafted application.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=77c1090f94d1b0b5186fb13a1b71b47b1343f87f
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.8.bz2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176