CVE-2011-1598
linux linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-476
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c6914a6f261aca0c9f715f883a353ae7ff51fe83
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/1