CVE-2011-4077 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2011-4077?

CVE-2011-4077 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Jan 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the xfs_readlink function in fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c in XFS in the Linux kernel 2.6, when CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is disabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XFS image containing a symbolic link with a long pathname.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4077?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4077?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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

Is CVE-2011-4077 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4077 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-wr72-x72c-p32w.