kernel: net: IP_REPOPTS invalid free

A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 allows local users to cause a denial of service invalid free operation and system crash or possibly gain privileges via a sendmsg system call with the IPRETOPTS option, as demonstrated by hemlock.c. NOTE: this...

PT-2013-3607 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 with Linux kernel 2.6.32 Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an invalid free operation and system crash, or possibly gain privileges. This is achieved via a...