CVE-2011-2707

The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not validate user-space pointers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory locations via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2012-05-24

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/18
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56