4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw when handling heavy network traffic on an SMP system with many cores. An attacker who could send a large amount of network traffic could create a denial of service.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=2ba2506ca7ca62c56edaa334b0fe61eb5eab6ab0
kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/23/1
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
secunia.com/advisories/33706
secunia.com/advisories/33858
secunia.com/advisories/35011
www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.securityfocus.com/bid/32985
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0264
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477744
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9385
usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/