CVE-2014-0131

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-0131
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-24 16:40:48 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.9 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-416 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Evergreen 11.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1074589 – CVE-2014-0131 kernel: net: use-after-free during segmentation with zerocopy af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
oss-security - CVE-2014-0131 -- kernel: net: use-after-free during segmentation with zerocopy af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[PATCH 0/5] skbuff: fix skb_segment with zero copy skbs — Linux Network Development af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
skbuff: skb_segment: orphan frags before copying · torvalds/linux@1fd819e · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0566-1: important: kernel update fo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[PATCH 5/5] skbuff: skb_segment: orphan frags before copying — Linux Network Development af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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