CVE-2011-3359
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
The dma_rx function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly allocate receive buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted frame.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3323)
- Published
- May 24, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3323 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://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39(Broken Link)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c85ce65ecac078ab1a1835c87c4a6319cf74660a
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738202(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c85ce65ecac078ab1a1835c87c4a6319cf74660a(Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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