Linux kernel denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2015-06890)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the 'slhcinit' function in the drivers/net/slip/slhc.c file in Linux kernel 4.2.2 and earlier versions. A local attacker can exploit this...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7799

The slhcinit function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 does not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call...