CVE-2011-1478
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.7EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
The napi_reuse_skb function in net/core/dev.c in the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not reset the values of certain structure members, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a malformed VLAN frame.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (65th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1482)
- Published
- October 23, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1482 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66c46d741e2e60f0e8b625b80edb0ab820c46d7a
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d152e23ad1a7a5b40fef1f42e017d66e6115159
- http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38(Broken Link)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8480(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691270(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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