CVE-2011-2942

Publication date 21 October 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

A certain Red Hat patch to the __br_deliver function in net/bridge/br_forward.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Qianfeng Zhang discovered that the bridge networking interface incorrectly handled certain network packets. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
linux-armadaxp 12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-ec2 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-fsl-imx51 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-lts-backport-maverick 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-lts-backport-natty 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.38-1.27~lucid1
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-lts-backport-oneiric 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 3.0.0-5.6~lucid1
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-mvl-dove 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-ti-omap4 12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

apw

Redhat claims the fix below fixes the issue: bridge: fix use after free in __br_deliver this looks to be fixed upstream by: bridge: Fix netpoll support only a very small part of this delivering the actual fix. This was introduced in the patch below: netpoll: add generic support for bridge and bonding devices For maverick netpoll is re-disabled for bridge by the commit below: bridge: Partially disable netpoll support

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
linux

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1294-1
    • Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities
    • 8 December 2011
    • USN-1256-1
    • Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
    • 9 November 2011

Other references