CVE-2009-0778 – kernel: rt_cache leak leads to lack of network connectivity

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2009-0778

12 Mar 2009 — The icmp_send function in net/ipv4/icmp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25, when configured as a router with a REJECT route, does not properly manage the Protocol Independent Destination Cache (aka DST) in some situations involving transmission of an ICMP Host Unreachable message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity outage) by sending a large series of packets to many destination IP addresses within this REJECT route, related to an "rt_cache leak." La función icmp_send ... • http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c0ecc4c4f8fd90988aab8a95297b9c0038b6160 • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption •