The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before...
Vulnerability Description
The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a sendmsg call that specifies a NULL value for the remote address field.
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43056
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa0e846494792e722d817b9d3d625a4ef4896c96
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
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