CVE-2011-2493

medium

Description

The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly initialize a certain error-report data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to mount a crafted ext4 filesystem.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0449641130f5652b344ef6fa39fa019d7e94660a

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-2480

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/24/4

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0449641130f5652b344ef6fa39fa019d7e94660a

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00058