VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1478

CVSS score5.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.09%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-10-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

The napi_reuse_skb function in net/core/dev.c in the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not reset the values of certain structure members, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a malformed VLAN frame.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references