Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 1, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-3638

Description

fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.0
- (no CPE)range: <3.0

Patches

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References

github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/667eff35a1f56fa74ce98a0c7c29a40adc1ba4e3nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0nvdBroken Link
git.kernel.orgnvd

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