{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:28Z",
  "published": "2013-12-09T18:55:10Z",
  "id": "CVE-2013-6432",
  "details": "The ping_recvmsg function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not properly interact with read system calls on ping sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging unspecified privileges to execute a crafted application.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/06/6"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039046"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4"
    }
  ]
}