Title: Retired: Linux Kernel Malformed 'msghdr' Structure Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
The Linux Kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability that occurs when handling malformed data passed to the 'msg_control' parameter of the 'msghdr' structure when communicating between processes.
A local attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected computer, denying service to legitimate users.
This BID is being retired as a duplicate of the vulnerability covered in BID 32154 (Linux Kernel '__scm_destroy()' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability).
Affected Products:
- Debian Linux 4.0
- Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
- Debian Linux 4.0 arm
- Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
- Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
- Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
- Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
- Debian Linux 4.0 mips
- Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
- Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
- Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
- Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
- Linux kernel 2.6.18
- Linux kernel 2.6.20
- Linux kernel 2.6.21
- Linux kernel 2.6.22
- Linux kernel 2.6.24
- Linux kernel 2.6.26
- Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.0.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.1.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.2.0
References:
- kernel.org: Linux kernel Homepage
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