CVE-2013-1826

medium

Published 2013-03-22 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.2

Description

The xfrm_state_netlink function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not properly handle error conditions in dump_one_state function calls, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
linux-kernel		affected
linux-kernel	3.5.1	affected
linux-kernel	3.5.2	affected
linux-kernel	3.5.3	affected
linux-kernel	3.5.4	affected
linux-kernel	3.5.5	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.2.32-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.2.32-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.2.32-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.2.32-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.2.32-1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.