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TITLE:
Linux Kernel "ieee80211_rx()" Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27555

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27555/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Linux Kernel 2.6.x
http://secunia.com/product/2719/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial  of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an off-by-two error within the
function "ieee80211_rx()" in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c. This can
be exploited to cause a kernel panic by sending a specially crafted
ieee80211 frame with the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA flag set to an
affected system.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.6.23.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.23.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Chris Evans

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm.git;a=commitdiff;h=04045f98e0457aba7d4e6736f37eed189c48a5f7

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