CVE-2011-4077
N/A
Published: January 27, 2012 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
2.6.12 ≤ v < 3.0.113.1 ≤ v < 3.1.5
Affected range stops below 3.0.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.1.5, 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:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/cve-2011-4077-linux-kernel-xfs-readlink-memory-corruption/x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749156Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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