CVE-2011-3359 - In between Red deer

Description

The dma_rx function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly allocate receive buffers which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted frame.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c85ce65ecac078ab1a1835c87c4a6319cf74660a https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c85ce65ecac078ab1a1835c87c4a6319cf74660a http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738202

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5