First published: Tue Nov 09 2010(Updated: )
Description of problem: INET-DIAG is inconsistent about how it looks up the bytecode contained in a netlink message, making it possible for a user to cause the kernel to execute unaudited INET-DIAG bytecode. This can be abused to make the kernel enter an infinite loop, and possibly other consequences. Reference: <a href="http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145899.html">http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145899.html</a> Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank Nelson Elhage for reporting this issue.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.37-rc1 | |
Linux Linux kernel | <2.6.37 | |
Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.37 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =5.0 | |
debian/linux-2.6 |
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