PT-2012-1690 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Han-Wen Nienhuys · Published 2011-11-22 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2011-3353

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the fuse notify inval entry function, which can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash. This is achieved by mounting a FUSE filesystem.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1, update to version 3.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3353

DSA-2389-1

RHSA-2011:1465

RHSA-2011_1465

RHSA-2012:0010

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 8

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2183d1e9b3f313dd8ba2b1b0197c8d9fb86a7ae · Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736761 · Patch
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-2033.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1465.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3353 · Security Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/09/6 · Patch
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c2183d1e9b3f313dd8ba2b1b0197c8d9fb86a7ae · Note