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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/12 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738291 ↗
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70945643722ffeac779d2529a348f99567fa5c33 ↗