CVE-2011-2695

Linux Kernel < 3.0 - Denial of Service via Ext4 Sparse File Write

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by accessing a sparse file in extent format with a write operation involving a block number corresponding to the largest possible 32-bit unsigned integer.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/8
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722557
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg25697.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/7
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/45193

Scores

EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 35.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-193
Status published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel 3.0 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel < 3.0
Published Jul 28, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026