Linux Kernel Ethernet Bonding Driver Offset Error Lets Local Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1025558 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1025558
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2011-1581
(Links to External Site)
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Date: May 20 2011
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 2.6.38
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in the Linux Kernel. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A network device that has more than 16 receive queues can cause the Ethernet bonding driver implementation to crash.
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Impact:
A local user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix, available at:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=fd0e435b0fe85622f167b84432552885a4856ac8
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Vendor URL: www.kernel.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS:
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 03:42:45 +0000
Subject: Linux kernel
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=fd0e435b0fe85622f167b84432552885a4856ac8
CVE-2011-1581
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