The 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.
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Published : 2011-08-31 23:55
Updated : 2024-02-04 17:54
NVD link : CVE-2011-1576
Mitre link : CVE-2011-1576
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1576
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Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor
- enterprise_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer