Description
The netlink_rcv_skb function in af_netlink.c in Linux kernel 2.6.14 and 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a nlmsg_len field of 0.
References
- ADV-2006-0220 vdb-entry
- 16414 vdb-entry
- 388 third-party-advisory
- 2006-0004 vendor-advisory
- 18482 third-party-advisory
- kernel-afnetlink-dos(24202) vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad8e4b75c8a7bed475d72ce09bf5267188621961