Code: void ping_unhash(struct sock *sk)
{
	struct inet_sock *isk = inet_sk(sk);
	pr_debug("ping_unhash(isk=%p,isk->num=%u)\n", isk, isk->inet_num);
 	if (sk_hashed(sk)) {
 		write_lock_bh(&ping_table.lock);
 		hlist_nulls_del(&sk->sk_nulls_node);
 		sock_put(sk);
 		isk->inet_num = 0;
 		isk->inet_sport = 0;
		sock_prot_inuse_add(sock_net(sk), sk->sk_prot, -1);
		write_unlock_bh(&ping_table.lock);
	}
}

Vulnerability Type: DoS +Priv 
CWE ID: 
Summary: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3 does not initialize a certain list data structure during an unhash operation, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging the ability to make a SOCK_DGRAM socket system call for the IPPROTO_ICMP or IPPROTO_ICMPV6 protocol, and then making a connect system call after a disconnect.
Commit Message: ipv4: Missing sk_nulls_node_init() in ping_unhash().

If we don't do that, then the poison value is left in the ->pprev
backlink.

This can cause crashes if we do a disconnect, followed by a connect().

Tested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Reported-by: Wen Xu <hotdog3645@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>