CVE ID:	CVE-2011-4594
Description:	The __sys_sendmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted use of the sendmmsg system call, leading to an incorrect pointer dereference.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4594 [oss-security] 20111208 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: send(m)msg: user pointer dereferences http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/4 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bc909d9ddbf7778371e36a651d6e4194b1cc7d4c http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bc909d9ddbf7778371e36a651d6e4194b1cc7d4c http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761646 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761646 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bc909d9ddbf7778371e36a651d6e4194b1cc7d4c https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bc909d9ddbf7778371e36a651d6e4194b1cc7d4c