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CVE-2011-1163
Published: Apr 10, 2011
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The osf_partition function in fs/partitions/osf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle an invalid number of partitions, which might allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via vectors related to partition-table parsing.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
46878
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021
x_refsource_CONFIRM
8189
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SREASON
1025225
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
RHSA-2011:0833
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txt
x_refsource_MISC
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
x_refsource_CONFIRM
20110317 [PRE-SA-2011-02] Information disclosure vulnerability in the OSF partition handling code of the Linux kernel
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
x_refsource_CONFIRM
SUSE-SU-2015:0812
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
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