01 Record

CVE-2011-1090

The __nfs4_proc_set_acl function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 stores NFSv4 ACL data in memory that is allocated by kmalloc but not properly freed, which allows local users to

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 35.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2011-05-09 19:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 22:14Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2011-02-24

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3e705186effa82f28397884bc7fb656439b148d3e743a448431891dc97d5efe6

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_mrgNot specified—

redhatrhel_eusNot specified—

06 References

openwall.com[oss-security] 20110307 CVE request - kernel: nfs4: Ensure that ACL pages sent over NFS were not allocated from the slabhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securityfocus.com20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Consolehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
secunia.com46397http://secunia.com/advisories/46397third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
securitytracker.com1025336http://securitytracker.com/id?1025336vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682641x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e9e3d724e2145f5039b423c290ce2b2c3d8f94bcx_refsource_CONFIRM
openwall.com[oss-security] 20110307 Re: CVE request - kernel: nfs4: Ensure that ACL pages sent over NFS were not allocated from the slabhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/12mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:0812http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE