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CVE-2011-4132
The cleanup_journal_tail function in the Journaling Block Device (JBD) functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a…
Low2.1EPSS 0.47%
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- redhat
Description
The cleanup_journal_tail function in the Journaling Block Device (JBD) functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion error and kernel oops) via an ext3 or ext4 image with an "invalid log first block value."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 60% 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: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- SUSE-SU-2012:0554 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8762202dd0d6e46854f786bdb6fb3780a1625efe (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48898 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1026325 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 50663 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20111111 CVE Request -- kernel: jbd/jbd2: invalid value of first log block leads to oops (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/cve-2011-4132-linux-kernel-jbdjbd2-local-dos/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753341 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20111113 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: jbd/jbd2: invalid value of first log block leads to oops (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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)
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