CVE-2013-2224 Memory corruption in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system crash or potentially gain privileges via a specific sendmsg system call due to an invalid free operation in the Linux kernel.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-2224?
CVE-2013-2224 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 4 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid free operation and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a sendmsg system call with the IP_RETOPTS option, as demonstrated by hemlock.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-3552.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2224?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2224?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2013-2224 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2224 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-phqq-mhr3-p67h.