CVE-2013-4129
kernel: bridge: kernel BUG at kernel/timer.c:729
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · July 1, 2013
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The bridge multicast implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.10.3 does not check whether a certain timer is armed before modifying the timeout value of that timer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via vectors involving the shutdown of a KVM virtual machine, related to net/bridge/br_mdb.c and net/bridge/br_multicast.c.
Statement
Not vulnerable.
This issue did not affect the kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.5AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWE not specified