CVE-2014-0100: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.9, before 3.10.37 (fixed in 3.10.37); from 3.11, before 3.12.18 (fixed in 3.12.18); from 3.13, before 3.13.10 (fixed in 3.13.10)

Published 2014-03-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.