CVE-2011-3363

The setup_cifs_sb function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly handle DFS referrals, which allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing a referral at the root of a share.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2012-05-24

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)

References

• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/12
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738291
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33