CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-0709

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Feb 18, 2011 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The br_mdb_ip_get function in net/bridge/br_multicast.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35-rc5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an IGMP packet, related to lack of a multicast table.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 2.6.34.7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.35 (including) 2.6.35 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.35-rc1 (including) 2.6.35-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.35-rc2 (including) 2.6.35-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.35-rc3 (including) 2.6.35-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.35-rc4 (including) 2.6.35-rc4 (including)
Linux Ubuntu maverick *
Linux Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-ec2 Ubuntu maverick *
Linux-ec2 Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-fsl-imx51 Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-lts-backport-maverick Ubuntu lucid *
Linux-lts-backport-maverick Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-lts-backport-natty Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-mvl-dove Ubuntu karmic *
Linux-mvl-dove Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-source-2.6.15 Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-ti-omap4 Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References