Description: A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "pppol2tp_recvmsg()" function and can potentially be exploited to corrupt kernel memory via a specially crafted PPP over L2TP packet.
The vulnerability is reported in 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.26-rc6.
Solution: Update to version 2.6.26.
Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Ilja of Netric.
Changelog: 2008-06-20: Added CVE reference.
2008-07-14: Updated "Solution" section.
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