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TITLE:
Linux Kernel 2.4 e1000 Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38394

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38394/

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 error in the
"e1000_clean_rx_irq()" function in drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c.

For more information see vulnerability #1 in:
SA35265

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.4.37.9.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.9

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA35265:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35265/

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