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CVE-2011-4594

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.5) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The __sys_sendmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted use of the sendmmsg system call, leading to an incorrect pointer dereference.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-476
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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