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CVE-2011-1771
The cifs_close function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer…
High7.8EPSS 0.52%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
The cifs_close function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact by setting the O_DIRECT flag during an attempt to open a file on a CIFS filesystem.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 56% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- [linux-cifs] 20110405 Re: Repeatable crash in 2.6.38 related to O_DIRECT (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [linux-cifs] 20110405 Repeatable crash in 2.6.38 related to O_DIRECT (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110509 CVE-2011-1771 kernel: cifs oops when creating file with O_DIRECT set (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 8367 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703016 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7797069305d13252fd66cf722aa8f2cbeb3c95cd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .