CVE-2006-7229 Information

Description

The skge driver 1.5 in Linux kernel 2.6.15 on Ubuntu does not properly use the spin_lock and spin_unlock functions which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via a flood of network traffic.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26511 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/65631