Description
The Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Hypervisor and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted VLAN packets that are processed by the napi_reuse_skb function, leading to (1) a memory leak or (2) memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1478.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-2303-1 | linux-2.6 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-2303-2 | New linux-2.6 packages fix regression |
EUVD |
EUVD-2011-1577 | The Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Hypervisor and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted VLAN packets that are processed by the napi_reuse_skb function, leading to (1) a memory leak or (2) memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1478. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1219-1 | Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1220-1 | Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1227-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1239-1 | Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1240-1 | Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1241-1 | Linux kernel (i.MX51) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1245-1 | Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1253-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1256-1 | Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.877Z
Reserved: 2011-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2011-1576
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Status : Modified
Published: 2011-08-31T23:55:01.737
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2011-1576
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN