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CVE-2011-2491 Details

Description

The Network Lock Manager (NLM) protocol implementation in the NFS client functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a LOCK_UN flock system call.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0 CVEBroken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b760113a3a155269a3fba93a409c640031dd68f CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709393 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0b760113a3a155269a3fba93a409c640031dd68f CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
< 3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux desktop
5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server
5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux workstation
5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2491
NVD Published Date:
Mar 1, 2013
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2011-2491 Details - Not Deferred