Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2008-3686
The rt6_fill_node function in net/ipv6/route.c in Linux kernel 2.6.26-rc4, 2.6.26.2, and possibly other 2.6.26 versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) via IPv6 requests when no IPv6 input device is in use, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
EPSS: 0.005 (38.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.26, 2.6.26.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit)