Use-after-free vulnerability in the nfqnl_zcopy function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the skb_zerocopy function in net/core/skbuff.c before the vulnerability was announced.
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-2603 Use-after-free vulnerability in the nfqnl_zcopy function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the skb_zerocopy function in net/core/skbuff.c before the vulnerability was announced.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2239-1 Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2240-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2241-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2260-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:21:35.474Z

Reserved: 2014-03-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-2568

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-03-24T16:40:48.403

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-2568

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-2568 - Bugzilla

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