The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4, when network namespaces are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an invalid IPv6 jumbogram, a related issue to CVE-2007-4567.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0006
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555217
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300951
• http://cert.fi/en/reports/2010/vulnerability341748.html
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2570a4f5428bcdb1077622342181755741e7fa60
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126343325807340&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38168
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38333
• http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0006
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/2
• http://www.osvdb.org/61876
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37810
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0006
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2570a4f5428bcdb1077622342181755741e7fa60