FKIE_CVE-2005-3858
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-11-27 22:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:17
Severity
Summary
Memory leak in the ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed IPv6 packets with unspecified parameter problems, which prevents the SKB from being freed.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.0 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.1 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.2 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.3 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.4 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.5 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.6 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.7 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.8 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.8.1 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.9 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.10 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.1 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.2 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.3 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.4 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.5 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.6 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.7 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.8 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.9 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.10 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.11 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.11.12 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12 |
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