Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's Network Lock Manager (NLM) Protocol Implementation

CVE-2011-2491 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The Network Lock Manager (NLM) protocol implementation in the NFS client functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a LOCK_UN flock system call.

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