CVE-2011-4594
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 17, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 29, 2011
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bc909d9ddbf7778371e36a651d6e4194b1cc7d4c
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bc909d9ddbf7778371e36a651d6e4194b1cc7d4c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761646
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
- [oss-security] 20111208 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: send(m)msg: user pointer dereferencesmailing-list
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