Description
Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain SAUCE patches with a possible NULL pointer dereference in the handling of AF_INET/AF_INET6 socket mediation. The bug can be triggered by an unprivileged local user. This can lead to a kernel oops.
Problem types
CWE-476 NULL pointer dereference
Product status
6.8.0 (dpkg) before 6.8.0-124.124
6.17.0 (dpkg) before 6.17.0-35.35
7.0.0 (dpkg) before 7.0.0-22.22
Credits
Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec), Talence Security
Trevor Lawrence, _SiCk, afflicted.sh
References
git.launchpad.net/...f03f0012a2367efae1edb4798f1c5103aeb6cbc