CVE - CVE-2011-1090

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1090	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The __nfs4_proc_set_acl function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 stores NFSv4 ACL data in memory that is allocated by kmalloc but not properly freed, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted attempt to set an ACL.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MLIST:[oss-security] 20110307 CVE request - kernel: nfs4: Ensure that ACL pages sent over NFS were not allocated from the slab URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE request - kernel: nfs4: Ensure that ACL pages sent over NFS were not allocated from the slab URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/12 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e9e3d724e2145f5039b423c290ce2b2c3d8f94bc CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682641 CONFIRM:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:0812 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html SECTRACK:1025336 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025336 SECUNIA:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
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Date Entry Created
20110224	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20110224)
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