Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs&m=130204730006155&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs&m=130204357001849&w=2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/09/2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8367
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703016
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7797069305d13252fd66cf722aa8f2cbeb3c95cd
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs&m=130204730006155&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs&m=130204357001849&w=2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/09/2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8367
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703016
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7797069305d13252fd66cf722aa8f2cbeb3c95cd