| Name | CVE-2015-7799 |
| Description | The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 does not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-360-1, DSA-3426-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.269-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.158-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.162-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.15-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.1.20-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.73-2+deb7u1 | DSA-3426-1 | ||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u1 | DSA-3426-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.2.6-2 | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | squeeze | 2.6.32-48squeeze17 | DLA-360-1 | ||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=187973
DoS, requires access to /dev/ppp which is root-only by default
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0baa57d8dc32db78369d8b5176ef56c5e2e18ab3
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ab42d78e37a294ac7bc56901d563c642e03c4ae