The fib6_add function in net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c in the Linux kernel before...
Vulnerability Description
The fib6_add function in net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.5 does not properly implement error-code encoding, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an IPv6 SIOCADDRT ioctl call.
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Remediation
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References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.5
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ae7b4e1f213aa659aedf9c6ecad0bf5f0476e1e2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039054
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/06/5
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ae7b4e1f213aa659aedf9c6ecad0bf5f0476e1e2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0100.html
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