Bug 164450 - [NETFILTER]: Fix potential memory corruption in NAT code (aka memory NAT)
Summary: [NETFILTER]: Fix potential memory corruption in NAT code (aka memory NAT)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: David Miller
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks: 156322
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-07-27 22:34 UTC by Linda Wang
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2005-514
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-10-05 13:45:59 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:514 0 qe-ready SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 2005-10-05 04:00:00 UTC

Description Linda Wang 2005-07-27 22:34:45 UTC 
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Description of problem:
A pointer to a "u_int_16" was mistakedly declared static, which results in possible memory corruption. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.9

How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot kernel 
2.turn on netfilter
3.run application 
  

Additional info:
Comment 4 Mark J. Cox 2005-08-10 13:24:33 UTC 
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@42caf6ba1Ch0vL9KPfIdA40zAajZtQ
Comment 7 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-10-05 13:45:59 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
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