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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2011-1771 Detail

Description

The cifs_close function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact by setting the O_DIRECT flag during an attempt to open a file on a CIFS filesystem.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7797069305d13252fd66cf722aa8f2cbeb3c95cd CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs&m=130204357001849&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs&m=130204730006155&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8367 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/09/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703016 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1771
NVD Published Date:
09/06/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.