CVE-2011-2695

N/A Unknown
Published: July 28, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f17722f917b2f21497deb6edc62fb1683daa08e6
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/45193
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc5
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/7
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/8
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg25697.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722557
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f17722f917b2f21497deb6edc62fb1683daa08e6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/45193
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg25697.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722557
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
36th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-193

Affected Vendors

linux

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