High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 2, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-2525
CVE-2011-2525
Description
The qdisc_notify function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not prevent tc_fill_qdisc function calls referencing builtin (aka CQ_F_BUILTIN) Qdisc structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted call.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
7- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/12/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1065.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1163.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/5/21/6277805nvdBroken Link
- mirror.anl.gov/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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