Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-0695
Race condition in the cm_work_handler function in the InfiniBand driver (drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) by sending an InfiniBand request while other request handlers are still running, which triggers an invalid pointer dereference.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (66.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 8.04
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 5.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 5.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg07448.html (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66056 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/1 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/43693 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg07447.html (mailing-list, Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46839 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)