CVE-2011-4324

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4324
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-21 23:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe encode_share_access function in fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by using the mknod system call with a pathname on an NFSv4 filesystem.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.osuosl.org
755440 – (CVE-2011-4324) CVE-2011-4324 kernel: nfsv4: mknod(2) DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2011-4324 kernel: nfsv4: mknod(2) DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
NFSv4: Convert the open and close ops to use fmode · torvalds/linux@dc0b027 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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