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CVE-2013-2058

The host_start function in drivers/usb/chipidea/host.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 does not properly support a certain non-streaming op

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Summary

The host_start function in drivers/usb/chipidea/host.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 does not properly support a certain non-streaming option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by sending a large amount of network traffic through a USB/Ethernet adapter.

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Affected versions

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References 5

GitHub · torvalds/linux

bugzilla.redhat.com

git.kernel.org

openwall.com

kernel.org