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CVE-2011-1023

The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle congestion map updates, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) via vectors involving (1) a loopback (aka loop) transmit operation or (2) an InfiniBand (aka ib) transmit operation.

Published

2012-06-21T23:55:01.943

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System linux linux_kernel ≤ 2.6.37.6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.37.5 Yes
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