Comment 6 for bug 1450066

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Marcel Nageler (x-lauochpad-u) wrote :

This issue may be resolved by providing a newer version of networkmanager (>= 0.9.10.2)

In this version a patch was introduced to mitigate CVE-2015-2922 (don't allow setting the HL smaller than it was before)
This patch also makes sure a HL < 10 does not get set.

[ 1 ] The changelog of version 0.9.10.2
         http://www.pro-linux.de/sicherheit/2/print/30542/index.html

[ 2 ] CVE-2015-2922 kernel: denial of service (DoS) attack against IPv6 network stacks due to improper handling of Router Advertisements.
        https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2922