Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-9428
Published: January 2, 2015 / Updated: January 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92510
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9428
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management errors error within the batadv_frag_merge_packets() function in net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9428
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://bugs.debian.org/774155
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5b6698b0e4a37053de35cc24ee695b98a7eb712b
- https://lists.open-mesh.org/pipermail/b.a.t.m.a.n/2014-November/012561.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/31/7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5b6698b0e4a37053de35cc24ee695b98a7eb712b
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg309425.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147864.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147973.html