CVE-2013-4129 in Kernel
Summary
The bridge multicast implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.10.3 does not check whether a certain timer is armed before modifying the timeout value of that timer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via vectors involving the shutdown of a KVM virtual machine, related to net/bridge/br_mdb.c and net/bridge/br_multicast.c.
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Reservation
06/12/2013
Disclosure
07/29/2013
Status
Confirmed
Entries
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| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9544 | Linux Kernel timer.c br_multicast_del_pg input validation | 20 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2013-4129 |