CVE-2014-0100: kernel: net: inet frag code race condition leading to user-after-free

Severity: Critical

CVSS Score: 9.3

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.