CVE-2014-7207 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2014-7207?

CVE-2014-7207 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Nov 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A certain Debian patch to the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel 3.2.x through 3.2.63 does not properly validate arguments in ipv6_select_ident function calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging (1) tun or (2) macvtap device access.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7207?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7207?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2014-7207 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7207 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-ggxv-j99v-vqcg.