A certain Red Hat patch to the sctp_sock_migrate function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted SCTP packet.
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux_kernel | Linux | * | 2.6.21 (excluding) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 EUS - Server Only | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 | * |
| Linux-ec2 | Ubuntu | maverick | * |