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TI-2011-02174 Aliases CVE-2011-2482GHSA-7jf9-hrfm-fhpj

A certain Red Hat patch to the sctp_sock_migrate function in net/sctp/socket.c in the…

Priority LOW 39CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

A certain Red Hat patch to the sctp_sock_migrate function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted SCTP packet.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03769 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.6.21VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.6.21 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2011:1813 Released 2011-12-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) kernel-2.6.18-238.31.1.el5, kernel-2.6.18-238.31.1.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 +14
  • RHSA-2011:1212 Released 2011-09-06 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5, kernel-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5, kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2011:1212
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2011:1212
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server)Fixed RHSA-2011:1813
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-2482
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7jf9-hrfm-fhpj

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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