The clip_mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem in Linux kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic)…

Description

The clip_mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem in Linux kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that cause the ATM subsystem to access the memory of socket buffers after they are freed (freed pointer dereference).

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.0% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-416 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (38)

• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206265 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20363 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 22253 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 22279 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23788 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22292 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0689 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 1017526 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 23384 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe26109a9dfd9327fdbe630fc819e1b7450986b2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 23752 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 22762 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24288 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23474 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23064 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 23370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3999 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-078.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10388 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 22497 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22945 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0710 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-395-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3937 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:197 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 23395 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25691 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• kernel-clipmkip-dos(29387) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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, 19:32 UTC.