cve/2015/CVE-2015-7799.md

### [CVE-2015-7799](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7799)
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### Description

The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 does not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1

#### Github
- https://github.com/guoygang/vul-guoygang