CVE-2011-0695 Race condition in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a kernel panic and denial of service via a race condition in the InfiniBand driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-0695?
CVE-2011-0695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Mar 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Race condition in the cm_work_handler function in the InfiniBand driver (drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) by sending an InfiniBand request while other request handlers are still running, which triggers an invalid pointer dereference.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0695?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2011-0695?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2011-0695 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0695 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-297p-pfx7-4599.