| Name | CVE-2014-2851 |
| Description | Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2926-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.269-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.158-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.162-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.15-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.1.20-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.57-3+deb7u1 | DSA-2926-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.14.4-1 | low | ||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced in 3.0)
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/736
Upstream commit: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=b04c46190219a4f845e46a459e3102137b7f6cac