CVE-2011-4132

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2011-11-01
IAVA:
2012-A-0148, 2012-A-0153
Bugzilla:
753341: CVE-2011-4132 kernel: jbd/jbd2: invalid value of first log block leads to oops

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The cleanup_journal_tail function in the Journaling Block Device (JBD) functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion error and kernel oops) via an ext3 or ext4 image with an "invalid log first block value."

Find out more about CVE-2011-4132 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,
5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0007.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0350.html, and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0010.html. Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4 is now in Production 3 of the maintenance life-cycle,
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/, therefore the fix for
this issue is not currently planned to be included in the future updates.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) RHSA-2012:0007 2012-01-10
Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) RHSA-2012:0333 2012-02-23
Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) RHSA-2012:0010 2012-01-10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) RHSA-2012:0350 2012-03-06

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 realtime-kernel Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel Will not fix

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