cve-2006-2446
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-08-15 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 17:51
Severity ?
Summary
Race condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/21465
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/22082
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/22093
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/22417
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.htmlPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19475
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=192779Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9117
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22082
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19475
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=192779Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9117
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