CVE-2011-4324

medium

Description

The encode_share_access function in fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by using the mknod system call with a pathname on an NFSv4 filesystem.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dc0b027dfadfcb8a5504f7d8052754bf8d501ab9

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-4256

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755440

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/06/3

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dc0b027dfadfcb8a5504f7d8052754bf8d501ab9

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

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