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Affected Systems:
Linux kernel 2.6.x
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 49626
Cve id: CVE-2011-3363
Linux Kernel is the Kernel of the Linux operating system.
Linux Kernel has a local denial of service vulnerability in the implementation of CIFS Mount. Local attackers can exploit this vulnerability to cause Kernel crash.
This vulnerability is caused by an error when loading some DFS reference shared CIFS. It induces a victim to load "BUG_ON ()" in the triggering client from a malicious server ()".
<* Source: Yogesh Sharma
Link: http://secunia.com/advisories/45936/
Https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi? Id = 682829
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:
Linux
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:
Http://www.kernel.org/