CVE-2011-0711
The xfs_fs_geometry function in fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FSGEOMETRY_V1 ioctl call.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2011-03-01
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Affected products
- Linux Kernel (Linux)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Aus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4
- http://osvdb.org/70950
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.log
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/
