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CVE-2011-1478

Description

The napi_reuse_skb function in net/core/dev.c in the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not reset the values of certain structure members, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a malformed VLAN frame.

POC

Reference

- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

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