CVE-2011-2518
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2503)
- Published
- May 24, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2503 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2(Broken Link)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4e78c724d47e2342aa8fde61f6b8536f662f795f
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/5(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4e78c724d47e2342aa8fde61f6b8536f662f795f(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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