CVE-2011-4324: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The encode_share_access function in fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by using the mknod system call with a pathname on an NFSv4 filesystem.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.28.10; version 2.6.28 only; version 2.6.28.1 only; version 2.6.28.2 only; version 2.6.28.3 only; version 2.6.28.4 only; …

Published 2012-06-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.