# CVE-2008-3686: The rt6\_fill\_node function in net/ipv6/route.c in Linux kernel 2.6.26-rc4, 2.6.26.2, and possibly other 2.6.26 versions, allows local users

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-08-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The rt6_fill_node function in net/ipv6/route.c in Linux kernel 2.6.26-rc4, 2.6.26.2, and possibly other 2.6.26 versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) via IPv6 requests when no IPv6 input device is in use, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44605
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31579
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2422
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/7/230
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e0115e500fe9dd2ca11e6f92db9123204f1327a
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/8/7

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