CVE-2005-3274

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux versions prior to 2.6.13 Linux versions prior to 2.4.32-pre2

Description A race condition in the ip vs conn flush function allows local users to cause a denial of service by exploiting a null dereference. This occurs when a connection timer expires while the connection table is being flushed before the appropriate lock is acquired, specifically on SMP systems.

Recommendations For Linux versions prior to 2.6.13, update to version 2.6.13 or later to resolve the issue. For Linux versions prior to 2.4.32-pre2, update to version 2.4.32-pre2 or later to resolve the issue.