The pppol2tp_recvmsg function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.26-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel heap memory corruption and system crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PPPOL2TP packet that results in a large value for a certain length variable.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-06-18T19:29:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:14:14.728Z

Reserved: 2008-06-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2750

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-06-18T19:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-2750

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-06-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-2750 - Bugzilla