CVE-2011-3638

Published: Mar 1, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.0

Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 1.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

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 (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Before 3.0

References (10)

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=667eff35a1f56fa74ce98a0c7c29a40adc1ba4e3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747942

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/667eff35a1f56fa74ce98a0c7c29a40adc1ba4e3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchThird Party Advisory

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=667eff35a1f56fa74ce98a0c7c29a40adc1ba4e3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747942

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/667eff35a1f56fa74ce98a0c7c29a40adc1ba4e3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchThird Party Advisory

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