VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2011-4086
CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-07-03
Last modified2026-06-16
Description
The journal_unmap_buffer function in fs/jbd2/transaction.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.1 does not properly handle the _Delay and _Unwritten buffer head states, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the presence of an ext4 filesystem that was mounted with a journal.