fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3597 fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1294-1 Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1299-1 Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1311-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:37:48.577Z

Reserved: 2011-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3638

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-03-01T12:37:54.053

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-3638

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-09-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-3638 - Bugzilla

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