Description
The br_multicast_add_group function in net/bridge/br_multicast.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38, when a certain Ethernet bridge configuration is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by sending IGMP packets to a local interface.
Affected products
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/2 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678169 ↗
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287 ↗