5.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service. It is due to a flaw in net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
in the Linux kernel, when ip_gre is configured as a module, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by sending a packet during module loading.
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c2892f02712e9516d72841d5c019ed6916329794
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c2892f02712e9516d72841d5c019ed6916329794
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/05/6
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1253
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702303
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_MRG/2.0/html/Technical_Notes/index.html
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2892f02712e9516d72841d5c019ed6916329794