Wind River has released a security advisory pertaining to their embedded version of Linux. This advisory contains vulnerabilities that may affect Avaya systems.
Creating a file with mknod(2) syscall on a nfsv4 mount can trigger BUG(). The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2011-4324 to this issue.
No Avaya system products are vulnerable, as the affected components are not installed by default.
More information about this vulnerability can be found in the security advisory issued by Wind River (A login is required):
Additional information may also be available via the Avaya support website and through your Avaya account representative. Please contact your Avaya product support representative, or dial 1-800-242-2121, with any questions.
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