Description
The Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Hypervisor and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted VLAN packets that are processed by the napi_reuse_skb function, leading to (1) a memory leak or (2) memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1478.
Affected products
- Linux / Linux kernel2.6.18 – 2.6.18
- RedHat / enterprise_linux5 – 5
- RedHat / enterprise_linux6.0 – 6.0
- RedHat / enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor
References
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48907
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1106.html
- MISChttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695173
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1090.html
- MISChttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025853