CVE-2011-1576

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-08-31
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.7
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0927	2011-07-18
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2025	2011-08-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2038	2011-12-23
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.19.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0927	2011-07-18
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-200.19.1.el5uek)	ELSA-2011-2025	2011-08-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.4.1.el5uek)	ELSA-2011-2038	2011-12-23
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.19.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0927	2011-07-18
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-1189	2011-08-23
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2025	2011-08-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2038	2011-12-23
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.4.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2011-2038	2011-12-23
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-200.19.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2011-2025	2011-08-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.4.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2011-2038	2011-12-23