"SegmentSmack" Linux Network Bug Could Lead To Remote Denial of Service

[phoronix]

Phoronix: "SegmentSmack" Linux Network Bug Could Lead To Remote Denial of Service

The latest high profile Linux kernel vulnerability has been dubbed "SegmentSmack" and could result in a remote denial of service attack...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...mack-Linux-Bug

[tildearrow]

Are you sure only Linux 4.9+ are vulnerable? Red Hat mentions all kernel versions are... (or at least their versions of the kernel)

[azdaha]

Are you sure only Linux 4.9+ are vulnerable? Red Hat mentions all kernel versions are... (or at least their versions of the kernel)

While the current kernel version for RHEL is at 3.10, RedHat applies patches to their kernels. Based on the available information, mainline kernels 4.9+ are affected.

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5390

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...689a478f82e72e

[c117152]

I guess I'll wait for openwrt 18.06.01...