CVE-2011-4132

Public on 2011-12-02
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description

The cleanup_journal_tail function in the Journaling Block Device (JBD) functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion error and kernel oops) via an ext3 or ext4 image with an "invalid log first block value."

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2011-12-02 22:23 ALAS-2011-26
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2012-03-16 10:53 ALAS-2012-55

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P