CVE-2013-2017

Published: May 3, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

7.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (29)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

29 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 2.6.33.20
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.10
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.11
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.12
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.13
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.14
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.15
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.16
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.17
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.18
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.19
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.8
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33.9
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33 rc6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33 rc7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.33 rc8