Description
The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly validate the hop-by-hop IPv6 extended header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted IPv6 packet.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39171 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7474 ↗
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8450 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548641 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26943 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/558-1/ ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25505 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 ↗
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11083 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38015 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e76b2b2567b83448c2ee85a896433b96150c92e6 ↗