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CVE Request -- kernel: wrong headroom check in udp6_ufo_fragment()


From: Petr Matousek <pmatouse () redhat com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:54:56 +0100

"A bug was found in the way headroom check was performed in
udp6_ufo_fragment() function. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
crash the system."

Details:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755584#c1

Upstream commit:
a9cf73ea7ff78f52662c8658d93c226effbbedde

References:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755584
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682066

Thanks,
-- 
Petr Matousek / Red Hat Security Response Team


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