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TITLE:
Linux Kernel e1000 Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35265

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35265/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the
"e1000_clean_rx_irq()" function in drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c.
This can be exploited to cause a kernel panic via specially crafted
network packets sent to an affected system.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the GIT repository.
http://git.kernel.org/linus/ea30e11970a96cfe5e32c03a29332554573b4a10

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Neil Horman

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://git.kernel.org/linus/ea30e11970a96cfe5e32c03a29332554573b4a10

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