kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A flaw in bcm_connect() in the Linux kernel’s Controller Area Network (CAN) Broadcast Manager. On 64-bit systems, writing the socket address may overflow the procname character array.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0597d1b99fcfc2c0eada09a698f85ed413d4ba84
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openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/4
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/2
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/4
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/1
secunia.com/advisories/42745
secunia.com/advisories/42778
secunia.com/advisories/42801
secunia.com/advisories/42890
secunia.com/advisories/42932
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www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145791.html
www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146469.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
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access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649695