CVE ID:	CVE-2010-0437
Description:	The ip6_dst_lookup_tail function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle certain circumstances involving an IPv6 TUN network interface and a large number of neighbors, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0437 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded 39033 http://secunia.com/advisories/39033 43315 http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 RHSA-2010:0147 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html RHSA-2010:0161 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html [oss-security] 20100211 CVE request - kernel: ip6_dst_lookup_tail() NULL pointer dereference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/11/1 [oss-security] 20100304 Re: CVE request - kernel: ip6_dst_lookup_tail() NULL pointer dereference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/4 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11469 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11469 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563781 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563781 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10061 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10061