CVE-2011-3638
N/A
Published: March 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.0
Affected range stops below 3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/2x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747942x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/667eff35a1f56fa74ce98a0c7c29a40adc1ba4e3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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