The __sys_sendmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted use of the sendmmsg system call, leading to an incorrect pointer dereference.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-05-17T10:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:09:19.359Z

Reserved: 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-4594

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-17T11:00:35.087

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:32:37.350

Link: CVE-2011-4594

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4594 - Bugzilla