Description
The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 through 2.6.23.7, and 2.6.24-rc through 2.6.24-rc2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted ACK responses that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96a2d41a3e495734b63bff4e5dd0112741b93b38
- [linux-kernel] 20071116 Linux 2.6.23.8 mailing-list
- 27922 third-party-advisory
- 27703 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2007-3751 vendor-advisory
- 27919 third-party-advisory
- 28706 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:013 vendor-advisory
- linux-kernel-tcpsacktagwritequeue-dos(38548) vdb-entry
- 27664 third-party-advisory
- 26474 vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2008:044 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2007:063 vendor-advisory
- 29245 third-party-advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1965
- USN-558-1 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2007-3902 vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.24-rc3
- USN-574-1 vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8
- 28170 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2007-759 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2007-3837 vendor-advisory
- 27888 third-party-advisory