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CVE-2011-2695 Details

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by accessing a sparse file in extent format with a write operation involving a block number corresponding to the largest possible 32-bit unsigned integer.

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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f17722f917b2f21497deb6edc62fb1683daa08e6	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722557	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45193	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc5	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/7	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/8	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg25697.html	CVE	ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f17722f917b2f21497deb6edc62fb1683daa08e6	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722557	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45193	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc5	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/7	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/8	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg25697.html	[email protected]	ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-193	Off-by-one Error	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	< 3.0 3.0 - 3.0 rc1 3.0 rc2 3.0 rc3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc4:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 31, 2020	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]