CVE-2011-2695 | BDVDB-2026-46834 Detail
Description#
Multiple off-by-one errors in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by accessing a sparse file in extent format with a write operation involving a block number corresponding to the largest possible 32-bit unsigned integer.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/8
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f17722f917b2f21497deb6edc62fb1683daa08e6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722557
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg25697.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/7
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45193
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.