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CVE-2011-4324

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-4324 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's NFSv4 implementation, specifically affecting versions prior to 2.6.29. A local attacker can trigger a system crash by using the mknod system call on an NFSv4 filesystem. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating low attack complexity and local access required, with the sole impact being system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.28.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.28.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.28.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.28.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 3,050 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-274.17.1.el5
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-4324Moderate

kernel: nfsv4: mknod(2) DoS

Dec 23, 2008

References

ftp.osuosl.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29
git.kernel.org
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/dc0b027dfadfcb8a5504f7d8052754bf8d501ab9
ExploitPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/02/06/3