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CVE-2011-4077
Published: Jan 27, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Buffer overflow in the xfs_readlink function in fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c in XFS in the Linux kernel 2.6, when CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is disabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XFS image containing a symbolic link with a long pathname.
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References
[oss-security] 20111026 CVE Request -- kernel: xfs: potential buffer overflow in xfs_readlink()
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156
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[oss-security] 20111026 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: xfs: potential buffer overflow in xfs_readlink()
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[xfs] 20111018 [PATCH] Fix possible memory corruption in xfs_readlink
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48964
third-party-advisory
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HPSBGN02970
vendor-advisory
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