CVE-2007-4997

Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SKB length value in a runt IEEE 802.11 frame when the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA flag is set, aka an "off-by-two error."

🔗 References (60)

• secalert@redhatftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/linux-2.6.16.y/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.16.57-rc1
• secalert@redhathttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=04045f98e0457aba7d4e6736f37eed189c48a5f7
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/27555
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/27614
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/27824
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/27912
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28033
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28162
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28170
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28706
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28806
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/28971
• secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428