CVE-2011-4325

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.31-rc6

Description The issue is related to the NFS implementation in the Linux kernel, where certain functions are called without properly initializing specific data. This can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and O DIRECT oops. An example of exploitation is demonstrated using the diotest4 test from the LTP suite.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.31-rc6, update to version 2.6.31-rc6 or later to resolve the issue.