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CVE-2011-1598

Date: May 9, 2011

The bcm_release function in net/can/bcm.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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (17)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc6
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/192898
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1598
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47503
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/7
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c6914a6f261aca0c9f715f883a353ae7ff51fe83
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1598
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/7
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698057
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-1598
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-1598

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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