** Description changed: - [incorrect validation of netlink message origin allows attackers to - spoof netlink messages] + The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux + kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows + local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages. Break-Fix: - 20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef
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