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National Vulnerability Database

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  • CPE Product Version: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.1:-
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CVE-2011-2928

The befs_follow_link function in fs/befs/linuxvfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1-rc3 does not validate the length attribute of long symlinks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and OOPS) by accessing a long symlink on a malformed Be filesystem.

Published: August 29, 2011; 1:55:00 PM -0400 		V3.x:(not available)
 V2.0: 4.9 MEDIUM