Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2004-2013

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Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2004-2013

Published: June 20, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92879
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2004-2013
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

Integer overflow in the SCTP_SOCKOPT_DEBUG_NAME SCTP socket option in socket.c in the Linux kernel 2.4.25 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an optlen value of -1, which causes kmalloc to allocate 0 bytes of memory.


How to mitigate CVE-2004-2013

Install update from vendor's repository.

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