Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's bpf_int_jit_compile Function

CVE-2015-4700 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The bpf_int_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by creating a packet filter and then loading crafted BPF instructions that trigger late convergence by the JIT compiler.

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