CVE-2012-1583

N/A Unknown

Published: June 16, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when the xfrm6_tunnel module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IPv6 packets.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d0772b70faaf8e9f2013b6c4273d94d5eac8047a

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133951357207000&w=2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/48881

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53139

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026930

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752304

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0772b70faaf8e9f2013b6c4273d94d5eac8047a

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit Patch

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22