4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The rt6_fill_node function in net/ipv6/route.c in Linux kernel 2.6.26-rc4,
2.6.26.2, and possibly other 2.6.26 versions, allows local users to cause a
denial of service (kernel OOPS) via IPv6 requests when no IPv6 input device
is in use, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Author | Note |
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jdstrand | 2.6.26 only |