What is CVE-2011-4325?

CVE-2011-4325 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2011-4325 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-4325?

CVE-2011-4325 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-2011-4325?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-4325. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2011-4325 actively exploited?

CVE-2011-4325 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2011-4325

Medium

The NFS implementation in Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 calls certain functions without properly initializing certain data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and O_DIRECT oops), as demonstrated using diotest4 from LTP.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2012-01-27

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-2011-4325 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51366
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755455
Exchange
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72297
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1ae88b2e4
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2011-4325

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2012-01-27

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-4325?

CVE-2011-4325 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2011-4325 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-4325?

CVE-2011-4325 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-2011-4325?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-4325. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2011-4325 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2011-4325 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.