CVE-2011-2928 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel (before version 3.1-rc3) when handling Be filesystem (BFS) long symlinks. A local attacker can trigger an incorrect pointer dereference and system crash (OOPS) by accessing a specially crafted long symlink on a malformed BFS. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating low attack complexity and local access, leading to a complete system availability impact. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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