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LOW

security flaw

Published Jan 6, 2005

Description

Memory leak in the ip_options_get function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly calling the ip_cmsg_send function.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (19)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 6, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jan 6, 2005
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Dec 8, 2004