CVE-2016-2070

Published: May 2, 2016

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The tcp_cwnd_reduction function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and system crash) via crafted TCP traffic.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20160125 Linux potential division by zero in TCP code

mailing-list

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b8a321ff72c785ed5e8b4cf6eda20b35d427390

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8b8a321ff72c785ed5e8b4cf6eda20b35d427390

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302219

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CVE-2016-2070

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