Linux Kernel 'skbuff. c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Release date:
Updated on: 2013-07-25

Affected Systems:
Linux kernel 3.x
Unaffected system:
Linux kernel 3.x
Linux kernel 2.6.x
Linux kernel 2.4.x
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 61411
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2013-4162

Linux Kernel is the Kernel of the Linux operating system.

Linux kernel that supports IPv6 network crashes when a single packet with the UDP_CORK option set is sent through IPv6 socket, causing kernel Denial of Service.

<* Source: Hannes Frederic Sowa

Link: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/175
Https://bugzilla.RedHat.com/show_bug.cgi? Id = 987627
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Suggestion:
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