CVE-2011-1023 Affecting kernel-kdump-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-131.0.15.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMPDEVEL-1428144
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Mar 2011

Introduced: 2 Mar 2011

CVE-2011-1023  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-kdump-devel to version 0:2.6.32-131.0.15.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0542.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kdump-devel package and not the kernel-kdump-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle congestion map updates, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) via vectors involving (1) a loopback (aka loop) transmit operation or (2) an InfiniBand (aka ib) transmit operation.

CVSS Scores

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