CVE-2014-2523

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c en el kernel de Linux hasta 3.13.6 utiliza un puntero de cabecera DCCP incorrectamente, lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída de sistema) o posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un paquete DCCP que provoca una llamada la función (1) dccp_new, (2) dccp_packet o (3) dccp_error.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter connection tracking implementation for Datagram Congestion Control Protocol packets used the skb_header_pointer() function. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted DCCP packet to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. A flaw was found in the way the handle_rx() function handled large network packets when mergeable buffers were disabled. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the host or corrupt QEMU process memory on the host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code execution on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.