CVE-2006-5619 - Genethlialogic Twin

Description

The seqfile handling (ip6fl_get_n function in ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 up to 2.6.18-stable allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang or oops) via unspecified manipulations that trigger an infinite loop while searching for flowlabels.

Reference

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bcd620757d3a4ae78ef0ca41adb5d9e400ed92b6 http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/5/46 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20847 http://secunia.com/advisories/22665 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-760 http://secunia.com/advisories/22754 http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002 http://secunia.com/advisories/23593 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4297 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29970 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9311 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451097/100/0/threaded