VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-4594

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-05-17
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

The __sys_sendmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted use of the sendmmsg system call, leading to an incorrect pointer dereference.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references