CVE-2011-2203 Information

Description

The hfs_find_init function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and Oops) by mounting an HFS file system with a malformed MDB extent record.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/47754 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/16 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48236 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1324-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1328-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1344-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712774 https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/6/8/154