FKIE_CVE-2011-1478

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-10-23 10:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:29
Severity
Summary
The napi_reuse_skb function in net/core/dev.c in the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not reset the values of certain structure members, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a malformed VLAN frame.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66c46d741e2e60f0e8b625b80edb0ab820c46d7a
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d152e23ad1a7a5b40fef1f42e017d66e6115159
secalert@redhat.comhttp://mirror.anl.gov/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/8480Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691270Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66c46d741e2e60f0e8b625b80edb0ab820c46d7a
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d152e23ad1a7a5b40fef1f42e017d66e6115159
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8480Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691270Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:29:27.600",
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