kernel: use after free in dccp protocol

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP implementation freed SKB socket buffer resources for a DCCPPKTREQUEST packet when the IPV6RECVPKTINFO option is set on the socket. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to alter the...

kernel: use after free in dccp protocol

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP implementation freed SKB socket buffer resources for a DCCPPKTREQUEST packet when the IPV6RECVPKTINFO option is set on the socket. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to alter the...

kernel: use after free in dccp protocol

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP implementation freed SKB socket buffer resources for a DCCPPKTREQUEST packet when the IPV6RECVPKTINFO option is set on the socket. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to alter the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3161-4)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Debian Linux 2.1,Linux kernel 2.2/2.3,RedHat Linux 6.0,S.u.S.E. Linux 6.1 IP Options Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/302/info A vulnerability in the Linux Kernel's IPv4 option processing may allow a remote user to crash the system. The vulnerability is the result of the kernel freeing a socket buffer when it shouldn't while sending an...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:1366-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which gi...

Debian DSA-1184-2 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities

This advisory covers the S/390 components of the recent security update for the Linux 2.6.8 kernel that were missing due to technical problems. For reference, please see the text of the original advisory. Several security related problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel which may lead to...

DSA-1183-1 kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities

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Race condition

Race condition between the kfreeskb and skbunlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash, as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite...

security flaw

Memory leak in the ip6inputfinish function in ip6input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed IPv6 packets with unspecified parameter problems, which prevents the SKB from being freed...