[SECURITY] [DSA 922-1] New Linux 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 922-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 14th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

CVE-2005-3110

CVE-2005-3110 is a race condition in the Linux kernel after the ebtables netfilter module tightens lock handling. In SMP systems under heavy load, a value can be modified after it is read but before it is locked, enabling a remote attacker to cause a kernel crash (DoS). Public advisories referenc...