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CVE-2011-1771

CVE-2011-1771

EPSS 0.5%
The cifs_close function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact by setting the O_DIRECT flag during an attempt to open a file on a CIFS filesystem.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7797069305d13252fd66cf722aa8f2cbeb3c95cdhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs&m=130204357001849&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-cifs&m=130204730006155&w=2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703016http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8367http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/09/2