Linux kernel 'ndisc_router_discovery()' function denial of service vulnerability

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel 'ndiscrouterdiscovery' function net/ipv6/ndisc.c. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using special...

PT-2015-5977

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.19.6 Description The issue is related to the Neighbor Discovery ND protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack of the Linux kernel. It allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop...

kernel security and bug fix update

kernel 2.6.18-371.11.1 - fs dcache: fix cleanup on warning in dsplicealias Denys Vlasenko 1109720 1080606 - net neigh: Make neighaddtimer symmetrical to neighdeltimer Marcelo Ricardo Leitner 1111195 1109888 - net neigh: set NUDINCOMPLETE when probing router reachability Marcelo Ricardo Leitner...