CVE-2010-3880 Information

Description

net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) via crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE instructions in a netlink message that contains multiple attribute elements as demonstrated by INET_DIAG_BC_JMP instructions.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=22e76c849d505d87c5ecf3d3e6742a65f0ff4860 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/9 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/3 http://secunia.com/advisories/42126 http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44665 http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145899.html http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651264