CVE-2011-2518

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The tomoyo_mount_acl function in security/tomoyo/mount.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 calls the kern_path function with arguments taken directly from a mount system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL value for the device name.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 24, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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