The vulnerability of the `ip6_ra_control` function in the `net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c` component of the Linux kernel, related to pointer dereferencing errors, allows a malicious actor to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the ip6racontrol function in the net/ipv6/ipv6sockglue.c component of the Linux kernel is related to pointer arithmetic errors. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12378

An issue was discovered in ip6racontrol in net/ipv6/ipv6sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is an unchecked kmalloc of newra, which might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash. NOTE: This has been disputed as not an issue...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - IPv6_SockGlue.c NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23142/info The Linux kernel is prone to a NULL-pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users. The attacker may also be ab...

security flaw

Linux kernel 2.6.x does not properly restrict socket policy access to users with the CAPNETADMIN capability, which could allow local users to conduct unauthorized activities via 1 ipv4/ipsockglue.c and 2 ipv6/ipv6sockglue.c...