CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-0711
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-03-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• 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
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba git.kernel.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/70950 Broken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.log Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba git.kernel.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/70950 Broken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.log Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/ Patch, Vendor Advisory