Description
The host_start function in drivers/usb/chipidea/host.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 does not properly support a certain non-streaming option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by sending a large amount of network traffic through a USB/Ethernet adapter.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=959210 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/05/2 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4 ↗