A vulnerability in net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.0, where the MTU value was not validated, was found. This allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is either smaller than the minimum compliant value or larger than the MTU of an interface. Upstream patch: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77751427a1ff25b27d47a4c36b12c3c8667855ac
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1283254]
Statement: This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and MRG-2 as this flaw was fixed in the recent releases. This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Future updates for the respective releases may address the issue. This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2016:0855 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html