Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's br_mdb_ip_get Function

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's br_mdb_ip_get Function

CVE-2011-0709 · HIGH Severity

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

The br_mdb_ip_get function in net/bridge/br_multicast.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35-rc5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an IGMP packet, related to lack of a multicast table.

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