Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-2942
A certain Red Hat patch to the __br_deliver function in net/bridge/br_forward.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device.
EPSS: 0.018 (76.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.18
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 5
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)