CVE-2014-2309

Kernel: net: IPv6: crash due to router advertisement flooding

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 6, 2014

Updated · November 5, 2026

Description

The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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 · 6.1
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWE not specified