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CVE-2005-3858

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2005-11-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Memory leak in the ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed IPv6 packets with unspecified parameter problems, which prevents the SKB from being freed.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References