CVE-2011-1748
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 09 May 2011, 22:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 22:37
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100 CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.05% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
09 May 2011, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 22:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
The raw_release function in net/can/raw.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc6 does not properly validate a socket data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted release operation.
CVSS Metrics
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 16%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Systems
- linux•linux_kernel
< 2.6.39 | 2.6.39 | 2.6.39:rc1 | 2.6.39:rc2 | 2.6.39:rc3 | 2.6.39:rc4 | 2.6.39:rc5
References (11)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47835
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/7
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/192974
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc6
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=10022a6c66e199d8f61d9044543f38785713cbbd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698057