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Home›CVE Pulse›CVE-2011-3359

CVE-2011-3359

HIGHCVSS 7.5

7.5

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.

📅 Published

May 24, 2012

🔄 Last Modified

April 29, 2026

📋 Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated May 6, 2026

Patch available. Sources: redhat.

generic

b43: allocate receive buffers big enough for max frame len + offset · torvalds/linux@c85ce65 · GitHub

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c85ce65ecac078ab1a1835c87c4a6319cf74660a

redhat✅ Patch Available

738202 – (CVE-2011-3359) CVE-2011-3359 kernel: b43: allocate receive buffers big enough for max frame len + offset

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738202

generic

oss-security - Re: CVE request -- kernel: b43: allocate receive buffers big enough for max frame len + offset

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/2

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