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- Vulnerable: 2.6.24-4kalgan3
- Unaffected: 2.6.24-4kalgan4
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the “pppol2tp_recvmsg()” function and can potentially be exploited to corrupt kernel memory via a specially crafted PPP over L2TP packet.
- Bug Tracker URL: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/3173