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Kernel: dccp: check ccid before NULL poiter dereference

Published Mar 22, 2013

Description

net/dccp/ccid.h in the Linux kernel before 3.5.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a certain (1) sender or (2) receiver getsockopt call.

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Red Hat statement

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. This issue affects the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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No CWE recorded.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Mar 22, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 19, 2013
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Aug 15, 2012