Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-4077-linux-kernel-xfs-readlink-memory-corruption/
- http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48964
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-4077-linux-kernel-xfs-readlink-memory-corruption/
- http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48964
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2