SB2005102104 - Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel

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SB2005102104 - Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel

Published: October 21, 2005

Security Bulletin ID SB2005102104
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3274)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Race condition in ip_vs_conn_flush in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.13 and 2.4 before 2.4.32-pre2, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (null dereference) by causing a connection timer to expire while the connection table is being flushed before the appropriate lock is acquired.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References