Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-3593
Published: June 8, 2013 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92810
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3593
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
A certain Red Hat patch to the vlan_hwaccel_do_receive function in net/8021q/vlan_core.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via priority-tagged VLAN frames.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3593
Install update from vendor's repository.
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.6.32-35.78, 2.6.35-30.60
linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.35-30.60~lucid1
linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.35-30.60~lucid1
External References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742846
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/3
- https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fadca7bdc43b02f518585d9547019966415cadfd
- https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0e48f8daac293335e16e007663b9f4d248f89f0c