Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Tunnels Implementation

CVE-2011-1768 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:H/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The tunnels implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when tunnel functionality is configured as a module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by sending a packet during module loading.

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