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Linux Kernel NFSACL "ACCESS" Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA24215
Release Date: 2007-02-20
Popularity: 10,776 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an invalid freeing of a pointer when handling NFSACL 2 "ACCESS" requests, which can be exploited to crash the kernel.

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