CVE-2011-3359

The dma_rx function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly allocate receive buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted frame.

• CWE-119

• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Broken Link
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c85ce65ecac078ab1a1835c87c4a6319cf74660a
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738202Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c85ce65ecac078ab1a1835c87c4a6319cf74660aExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Broken Link
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c85ce65ecac078ab1a1835c87c4a6319cf74660a
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738202Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c85ce65ecac078ab1a1835c87c4a6319cf74660aExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

May 24, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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