Upstream information
Description
The igmp_heard_query function in net/ipv4/igmp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via IGMP packets.NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.8 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Novell/SUSE information
Note from the SUSE Security Team
This issue was introduced in kernel 2.6.36, so it affected only openSUSE 11.4 and 12.1, which will receive fixes. No SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel version was affected. Novell Bugzilla entry: 740448 SUSE Security Advisories:- openSUSE-SU-2012:0799-1, published Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:08:31 +0200 (CEST)
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1439-1, published Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:09:03 +0100 (CET)