CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1368

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A buffer overflow in the USB Gadget RNDIS implementation in the Linux kernel before version 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kmalloc'd memory corruption) by sending a remote NDIS response to OID_GEN_SUPPORTED_LIST, which allocates memory for the reply data but not the reply structure.

Risk Assessment

The risk is a remote denial of service (DoS) attack that can crash the system by sending a crafted NDIS packet. This vulnerability can disrupt devices using USB Gadget RNDIS, such as embedded systems or servers.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to version 2.6.16 or later, which includes a fix for the buffer overflow in the USB Gadget RNDIS implementation.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the USB Gadget RNDIS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kmalloc'd memory corruption) via a remote NDIS response to OID_GEN_SUPPORTED_LIST, which causes memory to be allocated for the reply data but not the reply structure.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS