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CVE-2010-3880
medium
Description
net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) via crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE instructions in a netlink message that contains multiple attribute elements, as demonstrated by INET_DIAG_BC_JMP instructions.
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651264
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145899.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44665
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
http://secunia.com/advisories/42126