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CVE-2011-1748
The raw_release function in net/can/raw.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc6 does not properly validate a socket data structure, which…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.40%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The raw_release function in net/can/raw.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc6 does not properly validate a socket data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted release operation.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 20 days later
· 20 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- [oss-security] 20110421 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110421 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 47835 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110425 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110421 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [netdev] 20110420 [PATCH v2] can: add missing socket check in can/raw release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=10022a6c66e199d8f61d9044543f38785713cbbd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110421 Re: CVE request: kernel: missing socket check in can/bcm release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698057 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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