Linux Kernel PPP Device Driver Bug Lets Local Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target System
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1033809 |
SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1033809
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2015-7799
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Oct 14 2015
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system
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Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in the Linux kernel. A local user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
A local user can supply a specially crafted IOCTL command to the PPP device driver to trigger a null pointer error and cause the target system to crash.
The original advisory is available at:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=187973
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Impact:
A local user can cause the target system to crash.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.kernel.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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