CVE-2006-6535 Information

Description

The dev_queue_xmit function in Linux kernel 2.6 can fail before calling the local_bh_disable function which could lead to data corruption and \node lockups.\ NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is exploitable.

Reference

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/gnupatch@4186e5bfgUOMBbA6xFaY0_z84kaURw http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 http://secunia.com/advisories/25683 http://secunia.com/advisories/25714 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22317 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11679