CVE-2011-3638

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 01 Mar 2013, 11:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 23:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
16/100
CVSS Score
4 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.21% LOW
0% probability +0.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Mar 2013, 11:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 23:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.21%• Percentile: 43%

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.0

References (5)