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TI-2011-03168 Aliases CVE-2011-3593GHSA-fj97-rp5f-jf94

A certain Red Hat patch to the vlan_hwaccel_do_receive function in net/8021q/vlan_core.c…

Priority LOW 28CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A certain Red Hat patch to the vlan_hwaccel_do_receive function in net/8021q/vlan_core.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via priority-tagged VLAN frames.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01007 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.32VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.32 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2011:1465 Released 2011-11-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-131.21.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-131.21.1.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-131.21.1.el6 +8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2011:1465

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-3593
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fj97-rp5f-jf94

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

Sources

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