CVE-2011-2942

Linux Kernel 2.6.18 on RHEL 5 - Denial of Service via Ethernet Bridge __br_deliver Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A certain Red Hat patch to the __br_deliver function in net/bridge/br_forward.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730917
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3

Scores

EPSS 0.0179
EPSS Percentile 76.3%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.18
redhat/enterprise_linux 5
Published Jun 08, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026