CVE-2014-2568

low
Published 2014-03-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.9
VIR risk
2.9

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.

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-2014-2568

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/16

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2568.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.13.7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.13.7-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.13.7-1
debian debiansidfixed3.13.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.13.7-1
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
linux linux-kernelaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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