CVE-2011-2928
The befs_follow_link function in fs/befs/linuxvfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1-rc3 does not validate the length attribute of long symlinks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and OOPS) by accessing a long symlink on a malformed Be filesystem.
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 43% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-476
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338d0f0a6fbc82407864606f5b64b75aeb3c70f2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8360
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.1-rc3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/5