CVE-2011-1576

Published: Aug 31, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119

5.7MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:AAccess Vector

Adjacent Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

redhat

commercial·USaka red hat

enterprise linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

enterprise virtualization hypervisorOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

linux

oss-projectaka the linux kernel

linux kernelOn-premOS

Operating Systems

Novell Inc.

commercial·US

SUSE Linux EnterpriseOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html

rhn.redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1090.html

redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1106.html

redhat.com

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