CVE-2011-2723

Published: 6 September 2011

The skb_gro_header_slow function in include/linux/netdevice.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4, when Generic Receive Offload (GRO) is enabled, resets certain fields in incorrect situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted network traffic.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Herbert Xu discovered that certain fields were incorrectly handled when Generic Receive Offload

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Not vulnerable
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-34.73)
	maverick	Released (2.6.35-30.60)
	natty	Released (2.6.38-12.51)
	oneiric	Not vulnerable (3.0.0-8.10)
	upstream	Released (3.1~rc1)
	Patches: Introduced by 86911732d3996a9da07914b280621450111bb6da Fixed by 17dd759c67f21e34f2156abcf415e1f60605a188
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Does not exist
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-318.37)
	maverick	Ignored (binary supplied by "linux" now)
	natty	Does not exist
	oneiric	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (3.1~rc1)
linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Does not exist
	lucid	Released (2.6.31-611.29)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	oneiric	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (3.1~rc1)
linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Does not exist
	lucid	Released (2.6.35-30.60~lucid1)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	oneiric	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (3.1~rc1)
linux-lts-backport-natty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Does not exist
	lucid	Released (2.6.38-12.51~lucid1)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	oneiric	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (3.1~rc1)
linux-lts-backport-oneiric Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Does not exist
	lucid	Not vulnerable
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	oneiric	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (3.1~rc1)
linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Does not exist
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-218.35)
	maverick	Released (2.6.32-418.35)
	natty	Does not exist
	oneiric	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (3.1~rc1)
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Does not exist
	lucid	Does not exist
	maverick	Released (2.6.35-903.25)
	natty	Released (2.6.38-1209.16)
	oneiric	Not vulnerable (3.0.0-1201.4)
	upstream	Released (3.1~rc1)

References

Bugs

https://launchpad.net/bugs/844371

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