CVE-2012-0038
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 17, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Integer overflow in the xfs_acl_from_disk function in fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a filesystem with a malformed ACL, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.1.9
Affected range stops below 3.1.9, 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
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773280
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/093019cf1b18dd31b2c3b77acce4e000e2cbc9ce
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa8b18edd752a8b4e9d1ee2cd615b82c93cf8bba
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.9Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/11x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773280x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/093019cf1b18dd31b2c3b77acce4e000e2cbc9cex_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa8b18edd752a8b4e9d1ee2cd615b82c93cf8bbaCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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