CVE-2011-1771
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 6, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 19, 2011
Description
The cifs_close function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact by setting the O_DIRECT flag during an attempt to open a file on a CIFS filesystem.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [linux-cifs] 20110405 Re: Repeatable crash in 2.6.38 related to O_DIRECTmailing-list
- [linux-cifs] 20110405 Repeatable crash in 2.6.38 related to O_DIRECTmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110509 CVE-2011-1771 kernel: cifs oops when creating file with O_DIRECT setmailing-list
- 8367third-party-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703016
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7797069305d13252fd66cf722aa8f2cbeb3c95cd
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