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CVE-2011-1023

Published: Jun 21, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
4.9 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1023
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.37.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37 (including)2.6.37 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37-rc1 (including)2.6.37-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37-rc2 (including)2.6.37-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37-rc3 (including)2.6.37-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37-rc4 (including)2.6.37-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37-rc5 (including)2.6.37-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37.1 (including)2.6.37.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37.2 (including)2.6.37.2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37.3 (including)2.6.37.3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37.4 (including)2.6.37.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37.5 (including)2.6.37.5 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-131.0.15.el6*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-armadaxpUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiricUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntulucid*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

References

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