CVE-2011-1023

Published: Jun 21, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle congestion map updates, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) via vectors involving (1) a loopback (aka loop) transmit operation or (2) an InfiniBand (aka ib) transmit operation.

Affected (12)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

12 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 2.6.37.6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37.3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37.4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37.5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.37 rc5