CVE-2011-2518 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-2503	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-1380-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-1383-1	Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-1386-1	Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4e78c724d47e2342aa8fde61f6b8536f662f795f
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/5
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4e78c724d47e2342aa8fde61f6b8536f662f795f

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-05-24T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:00:34.179Z

Reserved: 2011-06-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-2518

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-05-24T23:55:01.573

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-2518

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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