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TI-2013-01988 Aliases CVE-2013-2224GHSA-phqq-mhr3-p67h

A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6…

Priority LOW 30Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid free operation and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a sendmsg system call with the IP_RETOPTS option, as demonstrated by hemlock.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-3552.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00358 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 4 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2013:1450 Released 2013-10-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.3) kernel-2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.37.2.el6 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.3) kernel-2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, python-perf-2.6.32-279.37.2.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3) kernel-2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.37.2.el6 +8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.3) kernel-2.6.32-279.37.2.el6, python-perf-2.6.32-279.37.2.el6
  • RHSA-2013:1195 Released 2013-09-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 kernel-2.6.32-358.118.1.openstack.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-358.118.1.openstack.el6, kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-358.118.1.openstack.el6 +6
  • RHSA-2013:1173 Released 2013-08-27 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, python-perf-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, python-perf-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6 +8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, python-perf-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6, python-perf-2.6.32-358.18.1.el6
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2013:1166 Released 2013-08-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.el5, kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-348.16.1.el5 +18

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2013:1166
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.3)Fixed RHSA-2013:1450
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.3)Fixed RHSA-2013:1450
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1173
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1173
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1173
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1173
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0Fixed RHSA-2013:1195
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1173
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)Fixed RHSA-2013:1450
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1173
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.3)Fixed RHSA-2013:1450
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1173
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1173
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-2224
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-phqq-mhr3-p67h

References

Advisory 3

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