FKIE_CVE-2011-4077

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-01-27 15:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:34
Severity
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48964Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-4077-linux-kernel-xfs-readlink-memory-corruption/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48964Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-4077-linux-kernel-xfs-readlink-memory-corruption/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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linux linux_kernel *
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