Memory corruption

The brmulticastaddgroup function in net/bridge/brmulticast.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38, when a certain Ethernet bridge configuration is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash by sending IGMP packets to a local interface...

CVE-2011-0716

CVE-2011-0716 affects the Linux kernel older than 2.6.38. The vulnerability lies in the br_multicast_add_group function within net/bridge/br_multicast.c, triggered when a specific Ethernet bridge configuration is used. An attacker locally can cause memory corruption and a system crash by sending ...