High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-2482
CVE-2011-2482
Description
A certain Red Hat patch to the sctp_sock_migrate function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted SCTP packet.
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Affected products
3- Range: 5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ea2bc483ff5caada7c4aa0d5fbf87d3a6590273dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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