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CVE-2011-1478 (GCVE-0-2011-1478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-10-23 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:28
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Summary
The napi_reuse_skb function in net/core/dev.c in the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not reset the values of certain structure members, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a malformed VLAN frame.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2011-03-14 00:00
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