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CVE-2013-7470

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

cipso_v4_validate in include/net/cipso_ipv4.h in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7, when CONFIG_NETLABEL is disabled, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash), as demonstrated by icmpsic, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0310.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 3.11.7 — fixed in 3.11.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 3.11.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.7
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f2e5ddcc0d12f9c4c7b254358ad245c9dddce13b
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f2e5ddcc0d12f9c4c7b254358ad245c9dddce13b
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K21914362
• https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/7098-security-advisory-40
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.7
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f2e5ddcc0d12f9c4c7b254358ad245c9dddce13b
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f2e5ddcc0d12f9c4c7b254358ad245c9dddce13b
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K21914362
• https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/7098-security-advisory-40

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