Re: 2.6 ICMP Bug & Potential for DoS

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David Cary Hart said:
> http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1125&rss
>
> "Over a week ago, the 2.6.15.3 Linux kernel included a patch to
> address a bug in the icmp_send function that would crash the kernel
> resulting in a DoS.  The current latest stable Linux kernel is
> 2.6.15.4 available from http://www.kernel.org/.  Details are
> available at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16532/.";
>

Fixed, to my knowledge, in 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.

Reference:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00037.html

~~Peter


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