Code injection

The tcprcvstateprocess function in net/ipv4/tcpinput.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service kernel resource consumption via a flood of SYN+FIN TCP packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2663...

USN-1651-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Rodrigo Freire discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's TCP illinois congestion control algorithm. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2012-4565 Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP device driver. A local user could exploit this...