CVE-2011-0716

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The br_multicast_add_group function in net/bridge/br_multicast.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38, when a certain Ethernet bridge configuration is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by sending IGMP packets to a local interface.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678169Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678169Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b0d6a9b4296fa16a28d10d416db7a770fc03287Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 21, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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