The vulnerability of the __ip6_make_skb() function in the net/ipv6/ip6_output.c module of the IPv6 protocol implementation in the Linux operating system allows a attacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the ip6makeskb function in the net/ipv6/ip6output.c module of the Linux operating system’s IPv6 kernel implementation is related to the use of uninitialized variables. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...