medium4.9
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 ca…
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | through 2.6.37.6 Versions 2.6.37, 2.6.37.1, 2.6.37.2, 2.6.37.3, 2.6.37.4 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6094628bfd94323fc1cea05ec2c6affd98c18f7f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/03/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680345
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6094628bfd94323fc1cea05ec2c6affd98c18f7f
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6094628bfd94323fc1cea05ec2c6affd98c18f7f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/03/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680345
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6094628bfd94323fc1cea05ec2c6affd98c18f7f