Description
The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4, when network namespaces are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an invalid IPv6 jumbogram, a related issue to CVE-2007-4567.
References
- 37810 vdb-entry
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300951
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4
- 61876 vdb-entry
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0006
- FEDORA-2010-0919 vendor-advisory
- 38168 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555217
- [linux-netdev] 20100114 [PATCH]: ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL in ipv6_hop_jumbo(). mailing-list
- http://cert.fi/en/reports/2010/vulnerability341748.html
- 38333 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20100114 CVE-2010-0006 - kernel: ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL in ipv6_hop_jumbo() mailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2570a4f5428bcdb1077622342181755741e7fa60
- SUSE-SA:2010:010 vendor-advisory