| Name | CVE-2013-6432 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.237-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.137-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.140-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.27-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.12.30-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.12.6-1 | | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 3.11)
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 3.11)
Introduced by https://git.kernel.org/linus/6d0bfe22611602f36617bc7aa2ffa1bbb2f54c67
fixed by https://git.kernel.org/linus/cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0