CVE-2011-3353

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 3.1 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (5)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c2183d1e9b3f313dd8ba2b1b0197c8d9fb86a7ae

[Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/09/6

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736761

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2183d1e9b3f313dd8ba2b1b0197c8d9fb86a7ae

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 17.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-120

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 3.1

Timeline

Published May 24, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026