CVE-2008-2136

Linux Kernel < 2.4.36.5 - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

Description

Memory leak in the ipip6_rcv function in net/ipv6/sit.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via network traffic to a Simple Internet Transition (SIT) tunnel interface, related to the pskb_may_pull and kfree_skb functions, and management of an skb reference count.

Scores

EPSS 0.2349
EPSS Percentile 95.9%

Classification

CWE
CWE-399
Status draft

Affected Products (6)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.4.36.5
debian/debian_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published May 16, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026