UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4086
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
Upstream
Published: 09 Feb 2012, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:04
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100 CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
09 Feb 2012, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
The journal_unmap_buffer function in fs/jbd2/transaction.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.1 does not properly handle the _Delay and _Unwritten buffer head states, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the presence of an ext4 filesystem that was mounted with a journal.
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
< 3.11.0-12.19 | < 4.2.0-16.19
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1002.2 | < 4.4.0-1001.10
- ubuntu•linux-flo
< 3.4.0-1.3 | < 3.4.0-5.22
- ubuntu•linux-gke
< 4.4.0-1003.3
- ubuntu•linux-goldfish
< 3.4.0-1.9 | < 3.4.0-4.27
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic
< 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2
- ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid
< 3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-wily
< 4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-mako
< 3.4.0-3.21 | < 3.4.0-7.40
- ubuntu•linux-manta
< 3.4.0-4.19
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.2.0-1013.19
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1012.12
References (13)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4086
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0107.html
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.ext4/30623
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1431-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1433-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1432-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1440-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1445-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1446-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1453-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1454-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1458-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4086