Description
Multiple off-by-one errors in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by accessing a sparse file in extent format with a write operation involving a block number corresponding to the largest possible 32-bit unsigned integer.
Published: 2011-07-28
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2676 Multiple off-by-one errors in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by accessing a sparse file in extent format with a write operation involving a block number corresponding to the largest possible 32-bit unsigned integer.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1228-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1239-1 Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1240-1 Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1241-1 Linux kernel (i.MX51) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1242-1 Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1243-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1244-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1245-1 Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1246-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1253-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1256-1 Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Mrg
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:08:23.768Z

Reserved: 2011-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2695

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Status : Modified

Published: 2011-07-28T22:55:02.657

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-2695

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2695 - Bugzilla

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