oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: possible kernel oops from user MSS

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Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:19:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request: kernel: possible kernel oops from
 user MSS

----- "Eugene Teo" <eugene@...hat.com> wrote:

> With commit f5fff5dc8a7a3f395b0525c02ba92c95d42b7390, a user program
> can pass in TCP_MAXSEG of 12 (or TCPOLEN_TSTAMP_ALIGNED), and cause
> kernel oops with division by 0 in tcp_select_initial_window.
> 
> Proposed patch:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146495.html
> 
> Reference:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146405.html

Please use CVE-2010-4165.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

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