Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel TCP Illinois Congestion Control

CVE-2012-4565 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The tcp_illinois_info function in net/ipv4/tcp_illinois.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.19, when the net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control illinois setting is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) by reading TCP stats.

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