Buffer overflow in the fuse_notify_inval_entry function in fs/fuse/dev.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by leveraging the ability to mount a FUSE filesystem.
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2183d1e9b3f313dd8ba2b1b0197c8d9fb86a7ae
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736761
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/09/6
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=c2183d1e9b3f313dd8ba2b1b0197c8d9fb86a7ae
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2012-05-24
Updated: 2025-04-11
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.00042