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CVE-2011-0716

Published: Jun 21, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

The br_multicast_add_group function in net/bridge/br_multicast.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38, when a certain Ethernet bridge configuration is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by sending IGMP packets to a local interface.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287

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[oss-security] 20110217 Re: CVE request -- kernel: deficiency in processing igmp host membership reports in br_multicast

mailing-list

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678169

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http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287

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