CVE-2011-1076

NameCVE-2011-1076
Descriptionnet/dns_resolver/dns_key.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by not providing a valid response to a DNS query, as demonstrated by an erroneous grand.centrall.org query, which triggers improper handling of error data within a DNS resolver key.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linux-2.6sourcelenny(not affected)
linux-2.6sourcesqueeze(not affected)
linux-2.6sourcewheezy(not affected)
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.38-1

Notes

[lenny] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced in 2.6.36)
[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced in 2.6.36)
[wheezy] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced in 2.6.36)
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