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CVE-2011-1771
Published: Sep 6, 2011
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The cifs_close function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact by setting the O_DIRECT flag during an attempt to open a file on a CIFS filesystem.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[linux-cifs] 20110405 Re: Repeatable crash in 2.6.38 related to O_DIRECT
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[linux-cifs] 20110405 Repeatable crash in 2.6.38 related to O_DIRECT
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[oss-security] 20110509 CVE-2011-1771 kernel: cifs oops when creating file with O_DIRECT set
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703016
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