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ulp/sdp/sdp_proc.c in the ib_sdp module (aka ib_sdp.ko) in the ofa_kernel package in the InfiniBand driver implementation in OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) before 1.5.3 does not properly handle certain non-array variables, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and system crash) by reading the /proc/net/sdpstats file

Published Sep 17, 2011

Description

ulp/sdp/sdp_proc.c in the ib_sdp module (aka ib_sdp.ko) in the ofa_kernel package in the InfiniBand driver implementation in OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) before 1.5.3 does not properly handle certain non-array variables, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and system crash) by reading the /proc/net/sdpstats file.

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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 as they did not include the upstream commit that introduced this issue. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not provide support for the Infiniband Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP).

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 17, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 30, 2011
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a