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CVE-2011-2518 Details

Description

The tomoyo_mount_acl function in security/tomoyo/mount.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 calls the kern_path function with arguments taken directly from a mount system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL value for the device name.

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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/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2 CVEBroken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4e78c724d47e2342aa8fde61f6b8536f662f795f CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4e78c724d47e2342aa8fde61f6b8536f662f795f CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/5 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
< 2.6.39.2

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2518
NVD Published Date:
May 24, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2011-2518 Details - Not Deferred