Bug 1386646 (CVE-2016-8106)

Summary:	CVE-2016-8106 kernel: DoS of Intel Ethernet controllers after a period of IPv6 fragment flood
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	agordeev, aquini, bhu, dhoward, esammons, fhrbata, iboverma, jkacur, joelsmith, jross, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, lwang, matt, mcressma, mguzik, nmurray, pholasek, plougher, pmatouse, rvrbovsk, security-response-team, vdronov, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	It was found that Intel® Ethernet Controller X710 family and Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710 family of products (aka Fortville) can possibly lock up and not receive any packets after a period of IPv6 fragment flood.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1370029
Bug Blocks:	1386648

Description Adam Mariš 2016-10-19 11:39:10 UTC

It was found that Intel® Ethernet Controller X710 family and Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710 family of products (aka Fortville) can possibly lock up and not receive any packets after a period of IPv6 fragment flood.

Product bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370029

References:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8106

https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00063&languageid=en-fr

Comment 1 Vladis Dronov 2017-04-10 12:02:47 UTC

Statement:

None of the Red Hat's products are affected as the flaw was found in the Intel network card Non-Volatile Flash Memory (NVM) image (firmware).