CVE-2011-1576

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1576
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-08-31 23:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Hypervisor and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted VLAN packets that are processed by the napi_reuse_skb function, leading to (1) a memory leak or (2) memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1478.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.7 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Linux Kernel VLAN Packets Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor VLAN Packet Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Bug 695173 – CVE-2011-1576 kernel: net: Fix memory leak/corruption on VLAN GRO_DROP af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
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