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CVE-2012-4565

by Fred · 21/12/2012

The tcp_illinois_info function in net/ipv4/tcp_illinois.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.19, when the net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control illinois setting is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) by reading TCP stats.

Date published : 2012-12-21

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56346

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8f363b77ee4fbf7c3bbcf5ec2c5ca482d396d664

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