CVE-2011-0463 (GCVE-0-2011-0463)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-04-10 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The ocfs2_prepare_page_for_write function in fs/ocfs2/aops.c in the Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not properly handle holes that cross page boundaries, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from uninitialized disk locations by reading a file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvald… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/43966 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673037 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testi… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/ocfs2-devel/2011-… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2011-02-17 00:00
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