CVE-2010-4342 Information

Description

The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6 when Econet is enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet over UDP.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4e085e76cbe558b79b54cbab772f61185879bc64 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129185496013580&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129186011218615&w=2 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/1 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/2 http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45321 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375