CVE-2011-2203 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (versions 2.6) where a local user can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and system crash (Oops). This occurs by mounting an HFS file system containing a malformed MDB extent record, specifically within the hfs_find_init function. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating it requires local access and has a low attack complexity, leading only to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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