National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1090

Overview

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.

Impact

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682641

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682641

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110307 CVE request - kernel: nfs4: Ensure that ACL pages sent over NFS were not allocated from the slab

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE request - kernel: nfs4: Ensure that ACL pages sent over NFS were not allocated from the slab

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/12

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e9e3d724e2145f5039b423c290ce2b2c3d8f94bc

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e9e3d724e2145f5039b423c290ce2b2c3d8f94bc

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025336

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025336

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 46397

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397