CVE-2011-2928

The befs_follow_link function in fs/befs/linuxvfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1-rc3 does not validate the length attribute of long symlinks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and OOPS) by accessing a long symlink on a malformed Be filesystem.

• CWE-476

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338d0f0a6fbc82407864606f5b64b75aeb3c70f2
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8360Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.1-rc3Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/1Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/5Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-06.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519387/100/0/threadedExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69343Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338d0f0a6fbc82407864606f5b64b75aeb3c70f2
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8360Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.1-rc3Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/1Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/5Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-06.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519387/100/0/threadedExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69343Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Aug 29, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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