kernel: denial of service [LWN.net]

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CVE-2011-2203

Created:

November 29, 2011

Updated:

November 30, 2011

Description:

From the Red Hat advisory:

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's HFS file system implementation. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service by mounting a disk that contains a specially-crafted HFS file system with a corrupted MDB extent record.

Alerts:

SUSE	SUSE-SU-2011:1319-2	2011-12-14
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2011:1319-1	2011-12-13
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2011:046	2011-12-13
Scientific Linux	SL-kern-20111129	2011-11-29
CentOS	CESA-2011:1479	2011-11-30
Oracle	ELSA-2011-1479	2011-11-30
Red Hat	RHSA-2011:1479-01	2011-11-29
Ubuntu	USN-1318-1	2012-01-05
Ubuntu	USN-1319-1	2012-01-05
Ubuntu	USN-1322-1	2012-01-09
Ubuntu	USN-1324-1	2012-01-11
Ubuntu	USN-1325-1	2012-01-11
Ubuntu	USN-1323-1	2012-01-11
Ubuntu	USN-1328-1	2012-01-13
Ubuntu	USN-1330-1	2012-01-13
Ubuntu	USN-1332-1	2012-01-13
Ubuntu	USN-1337-1	2012-01-23
Ubuntu	USN-1340-1	2012-01-23
Ubuntu	USN-1341-1	2012-01-23
Ubuntu	USN-1345-1	2012-01-24
Ubuntu	USN-1344-1	2012-01-24
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:0206-1	2012-02-09
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:0236-1	2012-02-09
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:0364-1	2012-03-14

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