Off-by-one error in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-2695
Published: July 29, 2011 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92545
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2695
CWE-ID: CWE-193
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to off-by-one error error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2695
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/7
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg25697.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45193
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722557
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f17722f917b2f21497deb6edc62fb1683daa08e6