CVE-2011-4086

The journal_unmap_buffer function in fs/jbd2/transaction.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.1 does not properly handle the _Delay and _Unwritten buffer head…

published July 3, 2012

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
32.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The journal_unmap_buffer function in fs/jbd2/transaction.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.1 does not properly handle the _Delay and _Unwritten buffer head states, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the presence of an ext4 filesystem that was mounted with a journal.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00391 · 32.0th percentile
Published
2012-07-03T16:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 JUL 16:00Z
    The journal_unmap_buffer function in fs/jbd2/transaction.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.1 does not properly handle the _Delay and _Unwritten buffer head…
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