CVE-2011-1090 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1090?

CVE-2011-1090 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 May 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The __nfs4_proc_set_acl function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 stores NFSv4 ACL data in memory that is allocated by kmalloc but not properly freed, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted attempt to set an ACL.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1090?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1090?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-1090 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1090 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fm35-8g86-28j5.