CVE-2011-2491

CVE Details

Release Date:2011-05-31
Impact:Important What is this?

Description


The Network Lock Manager (NLM) protocol implementation in the NFS client functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a LOCK_UN flock system call.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 4.9
Vector String: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2011-12122011-09-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2011-20252011-08-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2011-12122011-09-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-200.19.1.el5uek)ELSA-2011-20252011-08-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2011-12122011-09-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2011-11892011-08-23
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2011-20252011-08-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-200.19.1.el6uek)ELSA-2011-20252011-08-24


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