kernel: denial of service [LWN.net]

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CVE-2010-4251

Created:

March 2, 2011

Updated:

July 5, 2011

Description:

From the Red Hat advisory:

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking subsystem. If the number of packets received exceeded the receiver's buffer limit, they were queued in a backlog, consuming memory, instead of being discarded. A remote attacker could abuse this flaw to cause a denial of service (out-of-memory condition).

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-1218-1	2011-09-29
Ubuntu	USN-1216-1	2011-09-26
Ubuntu	USN-1208-1	2011-09-14
Ubuntu	USN-1204-1	2011-09-13
Ubuntu	USN-1203-1	2011-09-13
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2011:0737-1	2011-07-05
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2011:0711-1	2011-06-29
Red Hat	RHSA-2011:0883-01	2011-06-21
Scientific Linux	SL-kern-20110519	2011-05-19
CentOS	CESA-2011:0303	2011-04-14
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2011:019	2011-04-28
Red Hat	RHSA-2011:0542-01	2011-05-19
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2011:0399-1	2011-04-28
Red Hat	RHSA-2011:0303-01	2011-03-01
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2011:026	2011-05-20

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