CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-2723
5.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-09-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.7 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.39.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=17dd759c67f21e34f2156abcf415e1f60605a188 git.kernel.org
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/28/13 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/29/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025876 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4 Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1321.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48929 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726552 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=17dd759c67f21e34f2156abcf415e1f60605a188 git.kernel.org
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/28/13 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/29/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025876 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4 Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1321.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48929 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726552 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory