CVE-2013-2224

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 with Linux kernel 2.6.32

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an invalid free operation and system crash, or possibly gain privileges. This is achieved via a sendmsg system call with the IP RETOPTS option.

Recommendations For Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 with Linux kernel 2.6.32, consider applying the correct patch to resolve the issue, as the existing patch is incorrect and introduces this problem.