Posted by Timo Warns on Aug 19
PRE-CERT Security Advisory
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* Advisory: PRE-SA-2011-06
* Released on: 19 August 2011
* Last updated on: 19 August 2011
* Affected product: Linux Kernel 2.4, 2.6, and 3.0
* Impact: denial-of-service
* Origin: Be file system
* Credit: Timo Warns (PRESENSE Technologies GmbH)
* CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-2928
Summary
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The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability in the driver for Be file systems
that may lead to a…
Source: [PRE-SA-2011-06] Linux kernel: ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference for long symlinks in Be FS