Bug 1303072 (CVE-2003-1604) - CVE-2003-1604 kernel: Missing NULL pointer check in nf_nat_redirect_ipv4
Summary: CVE-2003-1604 kernel: Missing NULL pointer check in nf_nat_redirect_ipv4
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2003-1604
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2016-01-29 13:09 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-01-29 13:12:08 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-01-29 13:09:59 UTC 
When a device doesn't have an IP address, as in ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0, then
dev->ip_ptr->indev == NULL.
It is possible to craft a packet that crashes the kernel.

Original bug report with fix:

http://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=106668497403047&w=2

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/226
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