CVE-2011-2482: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A certain Red Hat patch to the sctp_sock_migrate function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted SCTP packet.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 2.6.21 (fixed in 2.6.21)

Published 2013-06-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.