Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2004-0596

The Equalizer Load-balancer for serial network interfaces (eql.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service via a non-existent device name that triggers a null dereference.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)