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CVE-2011-2495

Published: Jun 13, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc/#####/io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.

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affected
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References

RHSA-2011:1212
vendor-advisory
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