Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-2695
Multiple off-by-one errors in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by accessing a sparse file in extent format with a write operation involving a block number corresponding to the largest possible 32-bit unsigned integer.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (36.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 36.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/8 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg25697.html (mailing-list, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/7 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc5 (Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/45193 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)