CVE-2011-3638

Published Mar 1, 2013

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description: fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 1.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E0135A6D-9FB7-4E1B-B471-914E37494942",
            "versionEndExcluding": "3.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References