Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2014-2568
CVE-2014-2568
Description
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/16nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/20/421nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/627nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/66348nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2240-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91922nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- secunia.com/advisories/59599nvdBroken Link
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