CVE-2011-0695
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.7 · CWE-362
5.7CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/1 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/11/1Patch
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg07447.htmlPatch
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg07448.htmlPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43693Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46839Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66056Advisory