CVE-2013-0290

The __skb_recv_datagram function in net/core/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8 does not properly handle the MSG_PEEK flag with zero-length data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) via a crafted application.

Date published : 2013-02-19

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=77c1090f94d1b0b5186fb13a1b71b47b1343f87f

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.8.bz2