CVE-2013-2017

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    CVE-2013-2017

    Published: 3 May 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957705, http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/10, https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K39655464

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High