CVE - CVE-2011-4081

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-4081	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:[oss-security] 20111027 Re: CVE request: kernel: crypto: ghash: null pointer deref if no key is set URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/27/2 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed47b7d142ec99ad6880bbbec51e9f12b3af74c URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed47b7d142ec99ad6880bbbec51e9f12b3af74c MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749475 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749475 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7ed47b7d142ec99ad6880bbbec51e9f12b3af74c URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7ed47b7d142ec99ad6880bbbec51e9f12b3af74c
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20111018	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20111018)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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