What is CVE-2011-4324?

CVE-2011-4324 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2011-4324 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-4324?

CVE-2011-4324 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-4324?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-4324. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2011-4324 actively exploited?

CVE-2011-4324 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2011-4324

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2012-06-21

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2011-4324 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Ftp
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/06/3
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755440
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dc0b027dfadfcb8a5504f7d8052754bf8d501ab9
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dc0b027dfadfcb8a5504f7d8052754bf8d501ab9
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2011-4324

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2012-06-21

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-4324?

CVE-2011-4324 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2011-4324 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-4324?

CVE-2011-4324 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-4324?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-4324. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2011-4324 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2011-4324 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.