CVE-2014-0100

critical
Published 2014-03-11 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Race condition in the inet_frag_intern function in net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free error) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large series of fragmented ICMP Echo Request packets to a system with a heavy CPU load.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0100

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1070618

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/04/4

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/325844/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.13.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.13.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.13.6-1
debian debiansidfixed3.13.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.13.6-1
linux linux-kernelaffected3.10.37

References

CWEs

CWE-362 CWE-416

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