Use-after-free vulnerability in a certain Red Hat patch for the RPC server sockets functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed data in a packet, related to lockd and the svc_xprt_received function.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.32 (including) | 2.6.32 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.32-71.18.2.el6 | * |
| Linux-ec2 | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/17
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678144
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0329.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/17
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678144
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0329.html