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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:06:09 +0200
From: Petr Matousek <pmatouse@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request -- Linux kernel: veth: double-free in case of congestion
Description of the problem:
A flaw was found in the way Virtual Ethernet driver implementation in
the Linux kernel handled skbs in case of congestion.
A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the system.
Introduced in:
2.6.33-rc1
Fixed in:
2.6.34
Upstream fix:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867
References:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=127310770900442&w=3
Thanks,
--
Petr Matousek / Red Hat Security Response Team
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