Security Advisory
CVE-2014-7207
4.9
Vulnerability Description
A certain Debian patch to the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel 3.2.x through 3.2.63 does not properly validate arguments in ipv6_select_ident function calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging (1) tun or (2) macvtap device access.
Published Date
November 10, 2014
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory