CVE-2011-3363

6.5 MEDIUM

Published: May 24, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

The setup_cifs_sb function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly handle DFS referrals, which allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing a referral at the root of a share.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/12

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738291

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch Third Party Advisory

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39