CVE-2011-4112

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The net subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not properly restrict use of the IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING flag, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to access /proc/net/pktgen/pgctrl, and then using the pktgen package in conjunction with a bridge device for a VLAN interface.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

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

References

http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100156038Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=550fd08c2cebad61c548def135f67aba284c6162
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751006Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/550fd08c2cebad61c548def135f67aba284c6162Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100156038Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=550fd08c2cebad61c548def135f67aba284c6162
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751006Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/550fd08c2cebad61c548def135f67aba284c6162Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 17, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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