CVE-2011-1076

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.38

Description The issue allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service by not providing a valid response to a DNS query. This can trigger improper handling of error data within a DNS resolver key, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and OOPS.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.38, update to version 2.6.38 or later to resolve the issue.