CVE-2011-1748

Vulnerability Description

The raw_release function in net/can/raw.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.

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References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/7Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/7Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/4Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/192974Broken Link
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc6Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47835Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698057Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/7Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory