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CVE-2011-2695

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
28/07/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
4.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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