VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-4594
The __sys_sendmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted use of the sendmmsg system call, leading to an incorrect pointer dereference.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The __sys_sendmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted use of the sendmmsg system call, leading to an incorrect pointer dereference.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bc909d9ddbf7778371e36a651d6e4194b1cc7d4c
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761646Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bc909d9ddbf7778371e36a651d6e4194b1cc7d4cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bc909d9ddbf7778371e36a651d6e4194b1cc7d4c
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761646Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bc909d9ddbf7778371e36a651d6e4194b1cc7d4cPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.