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CVE-2011-3638

Published: Mar 01, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
4 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3638
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*3.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-274.18.1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 EUS - Server OnlyRedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-238.37.1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-220.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 EUS - Server OnlyRedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-131.25.1.el6*
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntulucid*
LinuxUbuntumaverick*
LinuxUbuntunatty*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-armadaxpUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntulucid*
Linux-ec2Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-floUbuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntulucid*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-goldfishUbuntusaucy*
Linux-goldfishUbuntuupstream*
Linux-grouperUbuntusaucy*
Linux-grouperUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiricUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiricUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-quantalUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-raringUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-saucyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-trustyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-maguroUbuntusaucy*
Linux-maguroUbuntuupstream*
Linux-makoUbuntusaucy*
Linux-makoUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mantaUbuntusaucy*
Linux-mantaUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntulucid*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntumaverick*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntunatty*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

References

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