oss-security - CVE request: kernel: dccp: fix oops on Reset after close

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Message-ID: <4D75DFCC.80302@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:50:36 +0800
From: Eugene Teo <eugene@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: CVE request: kernel: dccp: fix oops on Reset after close

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/682954
http://git.kernel.org/linus/720dc34bbbe9493c7bd48b2243058b4e447a929d

"This fixes a bug in the order of dccp_rcv_state_process() that still 
permitted reception even after closing the socket. A Reset after close 
thus causes a NULL pointer dereference by not preventing operations on 
an already torn-down socket."

Thanks, Eugene
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