Re: CVE request - kernel: bridge br_multicast NULL pointer dereference

[Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat com>]

----- Original Message -----
> "Somewhere along the line the NULL check in br_mdb_ip_get went AWOL,
> causing crashes when we receive an IGMP packet with no multicast table
> allocated.
>
> This patch restores it and ensures all br_mdb_*_get functions use it."
>
> http://git.kernel.org/linus/7f285fa78d4b81b8458f05e77fb6b46245121b4e
>
> Did a quick check: net/bridge/br_multicast.c was introduced in
> eb1d1641
> (2.6.34-rc1), the check was removed in 8ef2a9a5 (v2.6.35-rc1), and
> subsequently restored in 7f285fa78d (v2.6.35-rc5).

Please use CVE-2011-0709.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB