CVE-2011-1748
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The raw_release function in net/can/raw.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc6 does not properly validate a socket data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted release operation.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1747)
- Published
- May 9, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1747 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=10022a6c66e199d8f61d9044543f38785713cbbd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/7(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/7(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/192974(Broken Link)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc6(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47835(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698057(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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