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CVE-2011-4324 (GCVE-0-2011-4324)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-21 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:01
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Summary
The encode_share_access function in fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by using the mknod system call with a pathname on an NFSv4 filesystem.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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