CVE-2011-1023
Linux Kernel < 2.6.38 - Denial of Service via RDS Congestion Map Update
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6094628bfd94323fc1cea05ec2c6affd98c18f7f
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/03/2
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6094628bfd94323fc1cea05ec2c6affd98c18f7f
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680345
Scores
EPSS
0.0049
EPSS Percentile
39.3%
Details
Status
published
Products (7)
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.37 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.37.1
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.37.2
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.37.3
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.37.4
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.37.5
linux/linux_kernel
< 2.6.37.6
Published
Jun 21, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026