CVE-2011-4077

2011-10-2900:00:00

ubuntu.com

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

JSON

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.

Bugs

Notes

Author	Note
tyhicks	Requires a malicious XFS filesystem image be mounted.
apw	original thread http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.html

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu8.04noarchlinux< 2.6.24-30.97UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux< 2.6.32-37.81UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.10noarchlinux< 2.6.35-31.63UNKNOWN
ubuntu11.04noarchlinux< 2.6.38-13.53UNKNOWN
ubuntu11.10noarchlinux< 3.0.0-15.24UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-ec2< 2.6.32-341.42UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-fsl-imx51< 2.6.31-612.31UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-lts-backport-maverick< 2.6.35-31.63~lucid1UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-lts-backport-natty< 2.6.38-13.53~lucid1UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-lts-backport-oneiric< 3.0.0-15.25~lucid1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.24-30.97	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.32-37.81	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.10	noarch	linux	< 2.6.35-31.63	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	11.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.38-13.53	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	11.10	noarch	linux	< 3.0.0-15.24	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-ec2	< 2.6.32-341.42	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-fsl-imx51	< 2.6.31-612.31	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-lts-backport-maverick	< 2.6.35-31.63~lucid1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-lts-backport-natty	< 2.6.38-13.53~lucid1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-lts-backport-oneiric	< 3.0.0-15.25~lucid1	UNKNOWN