CVE-2007-1592

net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.21-rc3 inadvertently copies the ipv6_fl_socklist from a listening TCP socket to child sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or double free by opening a listening IPv6 socket, attaching a flow label, and connecting to that socket.

Score: CVSS 2.0 4.9 Medium
Status: Modified - cve@mitre.org
Published: 2007-03-22
Last modified: 2024-08-07
Weaknesses: CWE-119

Affected products

Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233478
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d35690beda1429544d46c8eb34b2e3a8c37ab299
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=117406721731891&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0436.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24618
http://secunia.com/advisories/24777
http://secunia.com/advisories/25078
http://secunia.com/advisories/25099
http://secunia.com/advisories/25226
http://secunia.com/advisories/25288
http://secunia.com/advisories/25392
http://secunia.com/advisories/25630
http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
http://secunia.com/advisories/25961
http://secunia.com/advisories/26379
http://secunia.com/advisories/27528
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-404.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1286
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.4
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_43_kernel.html