CVE-2011-1180

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the iriap_getvaluebyclass_indication function in net/irda/iriap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging connectivity to an IrDA infrared network and sending a large integer value for a (1) name length or (2) attribute length.

Affected products

Linux kernel: before 2.6.39 — fixed in 2.6.39

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 2.6.39. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d370af0ef7951188daeb15bae75db7ba57c67846
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/11
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d370af0ef7951188daeb15bae75db7ba57c67846
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d370af0ef7951188daeb15bae75db7ba57c67846
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/11
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d370af0ef7951188daeb15bae75db7ba57c67846

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