CVE-2011-4077

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-01-27
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-0007	2012-01-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2003	2012-03-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.11.1.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2003	2012-03-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-274.17.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-0007	2012-01-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.11.1.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2003	2012-03-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-274.17.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-0007	2012-01-11
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-0350	2012-03-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2003	2012-03-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.11.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2003	2012-03-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.11.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2003	2012-03-07