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CVE-2011-2928
medium
Description
The befs_follow_link function in fs/befs/linuxvfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1-rc3 does not validate the length attribute of long symlinks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and OOPS) by accessing a long symlink on a malformed Be filesystem.
References
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-2901
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519387/100/0/threaded
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-06.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/1
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.1-rc3