Description
The IPv6 flow label handling code (ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernels 2.4 up to 2.4.32 and 2.6 before 2.6.14 modifies the wrong variable in certain circumstances, which allows local users to corrupt kernel memory or cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a free of non-allocated memory.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.6/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 25, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified