CVE-2011-3191

high

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.

References

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732869

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/24/2

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9438fabb73eb48055b58b89fc51e0bc4db22fabd

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-05-24

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00213