CVE-2011-1023

N/A Unknown
Published: June 21, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle congestion map updates, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) via vectors involving (1) a loopback (aka loop) transmit operation or (2) an InfiniBand (aka ib) transmit operation.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6094628bfd94323fc1cea05ec2c6affd98c18f7f
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/03/2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680345
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6094628bfd94323fc1cea05ec2c6affd98c18f7f
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6094628bfd94323fc1cea05ec2c6affd98c18f7f
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/03/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680345
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6094628bfd94323fc1cea05ec2c6affd98c18f7f
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
38th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

linux