CVE-2011-2493 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the ext4 filesystem's ext4_fill_super function. This flaw, present in versions prior to 2.6.39, allows a local attacker to trigger a system crash (OOPS) by attempting to mount a specially crafted ext4 filesystem. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating local access and low attack complexity are required, with the sole impact being system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.38.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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