Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2011-1478
CVE-2011-1478
Description
The napi_reuse_skb function in net/core/dev.c in the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not reset the values of certain structure members, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a malformed VLAN frame.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
7- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/46397nvdThird Party Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8480nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- mirror.anl.gov/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38nvdBroken Link
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