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Bug 1178826 - (CVE-2014-9428) CVE-2014-9428 kernel: remote denial of service via batman-adv module
CVE-2014-9428 kernel: remote denial of service via batman-adv module
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20141118,repor...
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Depends On: 1178833
Blocks: 1178832
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Reported: 2015-01-05 09:19 EST by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified: 2015-02-16 10:50 EST (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-01-05 09:28:32 EST
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Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-01-05 09:19:08 EST
A remote denial of service (kernel crash) when batman-adv module is in use was reported at [1].

Upstream commit that fixes this issue can be found here:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5b6698b0e4a37053de35cc24ee695b98a7eb712b

[1]: https://lists.open-mesh.org/pipermail/b.a.t.m.a.n/2014-November/012561.html

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This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, as they did not include support for the B.A.T.M.A.N. protocol.
Comment 1 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-01-05 09:24:33 EST
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1178833]

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