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Bug 222647 (CVE-2008-2136) - Kernel: ipip6_rcv() memory leak (CVE-2008-2136)
Summary: Kernel: ipip6_rcv() memory leak (CVE-2008-2136)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2008-2136
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel...
Whiteboard: [linux <2.4.36.5][linux >=2.6 <2.6.16...
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Reported: 2008-05-18 13:52 UTC by Robert Buchholz (RETIRED)
Modified: 2013-09-05 03:31 UTC (History)
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Description Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-05-18 13:52:42 UTC
CVE-2008-2136 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-2136):
  Memory leak in the ipip6_rcv function in net/ipv6/sit.c in the Linux kernel
  before 2.6.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory
  consumption) via network traffic to a Simple Internet Transition (SIT) tunnel
  interface, related to the pskb_may_pull and kfree_skb functions, and
  management of an skb reference count.