CVE-2011-0711 (GCVE-0-2011-0711)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-03-01 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvald… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://osvdb.org/70950 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snaps… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2011-02-16 00:00
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