SB2012061311 - Race condition in Linux kernel
Published: June 13, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012061311
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1768)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The tunnels implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when tunnel functionality is configured as a module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by sending a packet during module loading.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d5aa407f59f5b83d2c50ec88f5bf56d40f1f8978
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/05/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702303
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d5aa407f59f5b83d2c50ec88f5bf56d40f1f8978