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CVE-2005-2548

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-08-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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 Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References