CVE-2014-9428 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9428?

CVE-2014-9428 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The batadv_frag_merge_packets function in net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c in the B.A.T.M.A.N. implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 uses an incorrect length field during a calculation of an amount of memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mesh-node system crash) via fragmented packets.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9428?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9428?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-9428 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9428 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9428, GHSA-6332-g6vw-9444, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9428.