CVE-2013-4163

The ip6_append_data_mtu function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.10.3 does not properly maintain information about whether the IPV6_MTU setsockopt option had been specified, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via a crafted application that uses the UDP_CORK option in a setsockopt system call.

Date published : 2013-07-28

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61412

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=75a493e60ac4bbe2e977e7129d6d8cbb0dd236be