CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1012
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-03-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-369
Description
The ldm_parse_vmdb function in fs/partitions/ldm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git6 does not validate the VBLK size value in the VMDB structure in an LDM partition table, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) via a crafted partition table.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.38)
• linux linux kernel 2.6.38
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-369 Divide By Zero weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=294f6cf48666825d23c9372ef37631232746e40d git.kernel.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/21 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git6.log Broken Link
- http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threaded Not Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46512 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025127 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82429.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=294f6cf48666825d23c9372ef37631232746e40d git.kernel.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/21 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git6.log Broken Link
- http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threaded Not Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46512 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025127 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82429.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 Third Party Advisory