CVE-2013-7446
Use-after-free vulnerability in net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 allows local users to bypass intended AF_UNIX socket permissions or cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted
02 Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 allows local users to bypass intended AF_UNIX socket permissions or cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 49.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-12-28 11:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-11-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b00c4779fa10556de5701a05736c7ea7af0e7105fe3c27d810a8d0b6421261d1
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0750http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00038.html
- groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/syzkaller/3twDUI4Cpm8
- www.securitytracker.com1034557http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034557
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2010http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2011http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00023.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2003http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00017.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0751http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00039.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0747http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00035.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0755http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00043.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1994http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2887-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2
- forums.grsecurity.nethttps://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4150
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0757http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00045.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1961http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2001http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00015.html
- www.spinics.net[netdev] 20150304 [PATCH net] af_unix: don't poll dead peershttp://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg318826.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0753http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00041.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2886-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2887-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2890-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7d267278a9ece963d77eefec61630223fce08c6c
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2889-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1641http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2889-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0746http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00034.html
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20150913 List corruption on epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DEL) an AF_UNIX sockethttps://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/13/195
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0749http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00037.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1102http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3
- www.securityfocus.com77638http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77638
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2005http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20140515 eventpoll __list_del_entry corruption (was: perf: use after free in perf_remove_from_context)https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/15/532
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2007http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2074http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2890-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282688
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2000http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0745http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00033.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3426http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3426
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1995http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151118 Re: CVE request - Linux kernel - Unix sockets use after free - peer_wait_queue prematurely freedhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/16
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20131014 Re: epoll oops.https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/14/424
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0756http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00044.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7d267278a9ece963d77eefec61630223fce08c6c
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2890-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0754http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00042.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0752http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00040.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2888-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0911http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.2.6-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.2.6-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.2.6-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-77.121
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-60.80~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-49.55~14.04.1
- linux-lts-wily Fixed in 4.2.0-27.32~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.