CVE-2013-7446

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Unix sockets. A server polling for client-socket data could put the peer socket on a wait list; the peer socket could then close the connection, making the reference on the wait list no longer valid. This could lead to bypassing the permissions on a Unix socket and packets being injected into the stream, and could also panic the machine (denial of service).

This issue does not affect Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise linux 5,7, MRG-2 and realtime kernels.

This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and may be addressed in a future update.

This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

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.