Description (CNA)
The ip_expire function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly construct ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED packets after a timeout, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via crafted fragmented packets.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64f3b9e203bd06855072e295557dca1485a2ecba
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/2
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64f3b9e203bd06855072e295557dca1485a2ecba
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64f3b9e203bd06855072e295557dca1485a2ecba
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/2
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64f3b9e203bd06855072e295557dca1485a2ecba