Re: CVE Request -- kernel: net: divide by zero in tcp algorithm illinois

[Kurt Seifried <kseifried () redhat com>]

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On 10/31/2012 08:31 AM, Petr Matousek wrote:
> Description of the problem: Reading TCP stats when using TCP
> Illinois congestion control algorithm can cause a divide by zero
> kernel oops.
>
> An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to crash the
> system.
>
> Proposed upstream patch: 
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/247871
>
> Acknowledgements:
>
> This issue was discovered by Rodrigo Freire of Red Hat.
>
> References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871848 
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/247871
>
> Thanks,

Please use CVE-2012-4565 for this issue.

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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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