CVE-2011-2723 (GCVE-0-2011-2723)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-09-06 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 23:08
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The skb_gro_header_slow function in include/linux/netdevice.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4, when Generic Receive Offload (GRO) is enabled, resets certain fields in incorrect situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted network traffic.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=17dd759c67f21e34f2156abcf415e1f60605a188
secalert@redhat.com http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/28/13 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/29/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1025876 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4 Broken Link
secalert@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1321.html Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48929 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726552 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=17dd759c67f21e34f2156abcf415e1f60605a188
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/28/13 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/29/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1025876 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1321.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48929 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726552 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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