VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-4081

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-05-24
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references