CVE-2011-4087

Publication date

2013-06-08 10:00:00

Family

redhat

State

PUBLISHED

Description

The br_parse_ip_options function in net/bridge/br_netfilter.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by leveraging connectivity to a network interface that uses an Ethernet bridge device.