CVE-2011-1090: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted attempt to set an ACL.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.38; version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; …

Published 2011-05-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.