CVE-2011-3353: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the fuse_notify_inval_entry function in fs/fuse/dev.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by leveraging the ability to mount a FUSE filesystem.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 3.1 (fixed in 3.1)

Published 2012-05-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.