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CVE-2011-1163

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.

Published

2011-04-10T02:51:19.460

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 2.6.38	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	10	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	5.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	5.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	Yes

References

http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8189 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025225 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txt Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517050 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46878 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8189 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025225 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txt Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517050 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46878 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)