CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-0716

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2012-06-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-06-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-399

Description

The br_multicast_add_group function in net/bridge/br_multicast.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38, when a certain Ethernet bridge configuration is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by sending IGMP packets to a local interface.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.37.6) • linux linux kernel 2.6.37 • linux linux kernel 2.6.37.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.37.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.37.3 • linux linux kernel 2.6.37.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.37.5

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References