Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-3353
Published: May 25, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44032
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3353
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Affected software
Linux kernel
SUSE Linux
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3353
Install update from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - update to 3.1
External References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c2183d1e9b3f313dd8ba2b1b0197c8d9fb86a7ae
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/09/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736761
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c2183d1e9b3f313dd8ba2b1b0197c8d9fb86a7ae