Description
The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 mishandles destruction of device objects, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large number of IP addresses.
Affected products
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References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318172 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2 ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84428 ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/3 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2 ↗