Memory leak in the icmp_push_reply function in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.12.6 and 2.6.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

Description

Memory leak in the icmp_push_reply function in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.12.6 and 2.6.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted packets that cause the ip_append_data function to fail, aka "DST leak in icmp_push_reply."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• RHSA-2006:0140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 19038 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20050817 [PATCH] fix dst_entry leak in icmp_push_reply() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20050826 [PATCH 4/7] [IPV4]: Fix DST leak in icmp_push_reply() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 19369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18203 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 16044 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• DSA-1018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cb94c62c252796f42bb83fe40960d12f3ea5a82a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 18510 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• DSA-1017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/chrisw/stable-queue.git%3Ba=blob%3Bh=1cf41a8a8db3080c9a9243e77c5c447c8e694f87%3Bhb=9c5fcb99af7c157be45e9d53aeb857ded5211fcd%3Bf=2.6.12.6/fix-dst-leak-in-icmp_push_reply.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 19374 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20050818 Re: [PATCH] fix dst_entry leak in icmp_push_reply() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-231-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 18562 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 23:24 UTC.