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CVE-2011-1576 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695173 CVEPatch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1090.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1106.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48907 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
2.6.18

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
5
6.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise virtualization hypervisor
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1576
NVD Published Date:
Aug 31, 2011
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2011-1576 Details - Not Deferred