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Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA30719
Release Date: 2008-06-16
Last Update: 2009-01-14
Popularity: 6,460 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:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users and malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

1) A vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "pppol2tp_recvmsg()" function and can potentially be exploited to corrupt kernel memory via a specially crafted PPP over L2TP packet.

2) A vulnerability is caused due to an incorrect lock in the "do_setlk()" function in fs/nfs/file.c, which can be exploited to e.g. crash a vulnerable system by executing a malicious application.

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