The netlink_rcv_skb function in af_netlink.c in Linux kernel 2.6.14 and 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a nlmsg_len field of 0.Referenceshttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0220http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16414http://securityreason.com/securityalert/388http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0004http://secunia.com/advisories/18482https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24202http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad8e4b75c8a7bed475d72ce09bf5267188621961
