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CVE-2012-0038

Published: May 17, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-190
5.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Integer overflow in the xfs_acl_from_disk function in fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a filesystem with a malformed ACL, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-190

Affected Products

linux
oss-projectaka the linux kernel
linux kernelOn-premOS
Operating Systems
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/11
openwall.com
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa8b18edd752a8b4e9d1ee2cd615b82c93cf8bba
github.com
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa8b18edd752a8b4e9d1ee2cd615b82c93cf8bba
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News mentions
1

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