CVE-2011-1478

Published: 25 July 2011

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.

From the Ubuntu security team

Ryan Sweat discovered that the GRO code did not correctly validate memory. In some configurations on systems using VLANs, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.

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Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc4)







	Patches: Introduced by 5d38a079ce3971f932bbdc0dc5b887806fabd5dc Fixed by 6d152e23ad1a7a5b40fef1f42e017d66e6115159 Introduced by 5d38a079ce3971f932bbdc0dc5b887806fabd5dc Fixed by 66c46d741e2e60f0e8b625b80edb0ab820c46d7a
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc4)







linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc4)







linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc4)







linux-lts-backport-natty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc4)







linux-lts-backport-oneiric Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc4)







linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc4)







linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc4)

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https://launchpad.net/bugs/816549

CVE-2011-1478

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