CVE-2011-1927
The ip_expire function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly construct ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED packets after a timeout, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via crafted fragmented packets.
- EPSS
- 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 85% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- 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%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64f3b9e203bd06855072e295557dca1485a2ecba
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/18/2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/64f3b9e203bd06855072e295557dca1485a2ecba
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39