CVE-2011-3363

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The setup_cifs_sb function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly handle DFS referrals, which allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing a referral at the root of a share.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/12Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738291Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/12Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738291Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

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

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