CVE-2006-6535 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-6535
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Description: The dev_queue_xmit function in Linux kernel 2.6 can fail before calling the local_bh_disable function, which could lead to data corruption and "node lockups." NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is exploitable.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html SAID Secunia Advisory: SA23997 Secunia Advisory: SA24206 Secunia Advisory: SA25683 Secunia Advisory: SA25714 REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/gnupatch@4186e5bfgUOMBbA6xFaY0_z84kaURw BID 22317

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