CVE-2011-4077
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 27, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 18, 2011
Description
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- [oss-security] 20111026 CVE Request -- kernel: xfs: potential buffer overflow in xfs_readlink()mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156
- [oss-security] 20111026 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: xfs: potential buffer overflow in xfs_readlink()mailing-list
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-4077-linux-kernel-xfs-readlink-memory-corruption/
- [xfs] 20111018 [PATCH] Fix possible memory corruption in xfs_readlinkmailing-list
- 48964third-party-advisory
- HPSBGN02970vendor-advisory
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