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CVE-2011-4081

Date: May 24, 2012

crypto/ghash-generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a failed or missing ghash_setkey function call, followed by a (1) ghash_update function call or (2) ghash_final function call, as demonstrated by a write operation on an AF_ALG socket.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4081
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4081
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7ed47b7d142ec99ad6880bbbec51e9f12b3af74c
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/27/2
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-4081
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed47b7d142ec99ad6880bbbec51e9f12b3af74c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749475
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-4081

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
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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