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LIN7-5055 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2015-7799

Created: Oct 29, 2015    Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: Dec 17, 2015
Found In Version: 7.0.0.10
Fix Version: 7.0.0.12
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Kernel

Description

The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 does not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call.<a href=http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html>CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-7799

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