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CVE-2011-1598
The bcm_release function in net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc6 does not properly validate a socket data structure, which…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.42%
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- redhat
Description
The bcm_release function in net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc6 does not properly validate a socket data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted release operation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- [oss-security] 20110421 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110421 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110425 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c6914a6f261aca0c9f715f883a353ae7ff51fe83 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110421 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [netdev] 20110420 Add missing socket check in can/bcm release. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110421 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110420 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110420 CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 47503 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698057 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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