CVE-2011-1163
LOW severity · CVSS 2.1 · Improper input validation
2.1CVSS LOW
Summary
The osf_partition function in fs/partitions/osf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle an invalid number of partitions, which might allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via vectors related to partition-table parsing.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9Patch
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.htmlAdvisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8189Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025225Advisory