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- Author: voroskoi
- Vulnerable: 2.6.20-5terminus1
- Unaffected: 2.6.20-5terminus2
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the “atalk_sum_skb()” function when creating the checksum of an AppleTalk frame that is shorter than specified in the header. This can be exploited to trigger a “BUG_ON” condition by sending a specially crafted AppleTalk frame to a vulnerable system. Successful exploitation requires that the AppleTalk kernel module is loaded.
- Bug Tracker URL: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/1934