CVE-2011-1090

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.

Date published : 2011-05-09

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e9e3d724e2145f5039b423c290ce2b2c3d8f94bc