The NFS implementation in Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 calls certain functions without properly initializing certain data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and O_DIRECT oops), as demonstrated using diotest4 from LTP.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4257 The NFS implementation in Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 calls certain functions without properly initializing certain data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and O_DIRECT oops), as demonstrated using diotest4 from LTP.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:01:51.542Z

Reserved: 2011-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-4325

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-01-27T15:55:04.563

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

Link: CVE-2011-4325

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4325 - Bugzilla

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