The bond_select_queue function in drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c in the Linux kernel before...
Vulnerability Description
The bond_select_queue function in drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39, when a network device with a large number of receive queues is installed but the default tx_queues setting is used, does not properly restrict queue indexes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending network traffic.
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References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/4
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025558
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/16
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696029
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fd0e435b0fe85622f167b84432552885a4856ac8
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