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FKIE_CVE-2011-0711

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-03-01 23:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:27
Severity
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://osvdb.org/70950Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.logBroken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/70950Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.logBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 5.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 5.6
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0
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