CVE-2011-0709

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2011-0709 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not backport the upstream commit eb1d1641 that introduced net/bridge/br_multicast.c. It did not affect the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as it did not backport the upstream commit 8ef2a9a5 that introduced this issue.

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