CVE-2011-1581
The bond_select_queue function in drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39, when a network device with a large number of receive queues is installed but the default tx_queues setting is used, does not properly restrict queue indexes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending network traffic.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1582)
- Published
- May 26, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1582 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=fd0e435b0fe85622f167b84432552885a4856ac8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/16(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025558(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696029(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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