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GHSA-x664-jh9h-xwcq
GHSA-x664-jh9h-xwcq
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
The bcm_release function in net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc6 does not properly validate a socket data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted release operation.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
6.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698057 url
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c6914a6f261aca0c9f715f883a353ae7ff51fe83 url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/2 url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/6 url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/1 url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/7 url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/2 url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/25/4 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47503 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1598 advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c6914a6f261aca0c9f715f883a353ae7ff51fe83 url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/7 url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/2 url
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/192898 url
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc6 url