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- Author: voroskoi
- Vulnerable: 2.6.17-6siwenna1
- Unaffected: 2.6.17-6siwenna2
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of seqfiles for “/proc/net/ip6_flowlabel”, which can be exploited to cause kernel lockups and crashes via specially crafted flow labels.
- Bug Tracker URL: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/1423