CVE-2010-3880

Published: 10 December 2010

net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) via crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE instructions in a netlink message that contains multiple attribute elements, as demonstrated by INET_DIAG_BC_JMP instructions.

From the Ubuntu security team

Nelson Elhage discovered that the Linux kernel IPv4 implementation did not properly audit certain bytecodes in netlink messages. A local attacker could exploit this to cause the kernel to hang, leading to a denial of service.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
Patches:
Upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=22e76c849d505d87c5ecf3d3e6742a65f0ff4860
linux-ec2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
linux-fsl-imx51
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
linux-lts-backport-maverick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
linux-lts-backport-natty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
linux-mvl-dove
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
linux-source-2.6.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
linux-ti-omap4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)

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