Memory leak in the ipip6_rcv function in net/ipv6/sit.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via network traffic to a Simple Internet Transition (SIT) tunnel interface, related to the pskb_may_pull and kfree_skb functions, and management of an skb reference count.
CVE-2008-2136
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
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- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 91.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 16, 2008
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (78)
- cve@mitrehttp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121031533024912&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30198
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30241
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30276
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30368
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30499
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30818
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30962
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31107
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31198
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31341
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31628
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-image-2.6.15-52-sparc64 (2.6.15-52.69) @ dapper | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:2.4.9-e.74 | 2009-01-08 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:2.4.18-e.67 | 2009-01-05 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL | 2008-12-17 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-74.el5rt | 2008-08-26 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 | 2008-08-04 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.22.EL | 2008-07-23 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
All Vendor Advisories
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- Red HatRHSA-2008:0585IMPORTANT2008-05-09
RHSA-2008:0585 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0607IMPORTANT2008-05-09
RHSA-2008:0607 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0612IMPORTANT2008-05-09
RHSA-2008:0612 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0787IMPORTANT2008-05-09
RHSA-2008:0787 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0973IMPORTANT2008-05-09
RHSA-2008:0973 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2009:0001IMPORTANT2008-05-09
RHSA-2009:0001 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-625-1LOW
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