CVE-2011-4077 (GCVE-0-2011-4077)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-01-27 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Buffer overflow in the xfs_readlink function in fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c in XFS in the Linux kernel 2.6, when CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is disabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XFS image containing a symbolic link with a long pathname.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-407… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP |
Date Public
2011-10-18 00:00
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