CVE-2011-4325

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-01-27

Description

The NFS implementation in Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 calls certain functions without properly initializing certain data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and O_DIRECT oops), as demonstrated using diotest4 from LTP.

See more information about CVE-2011-4325 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-0007	2012-01-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-274.17.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-0007	2012-01-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-274.17.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-0007	2012-01-11

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