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CVE-2011-2491 (GCVE-0-2011-2491)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-01 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:00
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Summary
The Network Lock Manager (NLM) protocol implementation in the NFS client functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a LOCK_UN flock system call.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2011-06-23 00:00
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