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CVE-2011-2203 (GCVE-0-2011-2203)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-01-27 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:53
VLAI
Summary
The hfs_find_init function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and Oops) by mounting an HFS file system with a malformed MDB extent record.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712774 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48236 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://secunia.com/advisories/47754 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/6/8/154 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2011-06-08 00:00
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