CVE-2011-4081

Medium

Description

crypto/ghash-generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a failed or missing ghash_setkey function call, followed by a (1) ghash_update function call or (2) ghash_final function call, as demonstrated by a write operation on an AF_ALG socket.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 24, 2012
First seenMay 24, 2012

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel3.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 3.13.1

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