CVE-2005-2548: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

vlan_dev.c in the VLAN code for Linux kernel 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel oops from null dereference) via certain UDP packets that lead to a function call with the wrong argument, as demonstrated using snmpwalk on snmpd.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.8 only

Published 2005-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.