CVE-2011-3638

fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations.

CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 1.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747942	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/667eff35a1f56fa74ce98a0c7c29a40adc1ba4e3	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0	Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=667eff35a1f56fa74ce98a0c7c29a40adc1ba4e3

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2013-03-01 04:37

Updated : 2023-02-12 20:32

NVD link : CVE-2011-3638

Mitre link : CVE-2011-3638

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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