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CVE-2011-1478

CVSS v2.0 5.7 (Medium)
57% Progress
EPSS 0.69 % (81th)
0.69% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 14
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Related CVEs
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2011-10-23 10:55:02
(13 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 04:29:50
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 2.6.38 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 2.6.38