CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-3191
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-05-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 8.3 HIGH — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Integer signedness error in the CIFSFindNext function in fs/cifs/cifssmb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large length value in a response to a read request for a directory.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.0.5)
• redhat enterprise linux 4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd git.kernel.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/24/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732869 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd git.kernel.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/24/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732869 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd Patch, Third Party Advisory