CVE-2011-2928

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The befs_follow_link function in fs/befs/linuxvfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1-rc3 does not validate the length attribute of long symlinks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and OOPS) by accessing a long symlink on a malformed Be filesystem.

Find out more about CVE-2011-2928 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as
shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as
they did not provide support for the BeOS file system.

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