CVE-2005-3806

Publication date 25 November 2005

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

The IPv6 flow label handling code (ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernels 2.4 up to 2.4.32 and 2.6 before 2.6.14 modifies the wrong variable in certain circumstances, which allows local users to corrupt kernel memory or cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a free of non-allocated memory.

Status

No information for any release.


References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-231-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 23 December 2005

Other references