A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an integer overflow error in the "ieee80211_rx()" [net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c] function that does not validate SKB length, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected system via a specially crafted IEEE 802.11 frame, creating a denial of service condition.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Chris Evans.
ChangeLog
2007-11-05 : Initial release
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