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CVE-2011-1478

N/A

Published: October 23, 2011 at 10:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:29 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

The napi_reuse_skb function in net/core/dev.c in the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not reset the values of certain structure members, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a malformed VLAN frame.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v < 2.6.38

Affected range stops below 2.6.38, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (9)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66c46d741e2e60f0e8b625b80edb0ab820c46d7a

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d152e23ad1a7a5b40fef1f42e017d66e6115159

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/1

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON

Source: [email protected]

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8480

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

CVSS

5.7MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-476

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