CVE-2011-1163

kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted OSF partition table infoleak

Published Apr 10, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2240-1 linux-2.6 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2264-1 linux-2.6 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1173 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1159-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1161-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities (EC2)
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1162-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1168-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1170-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1183-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1187-1 Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1202-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1204-1 Linux kernel (i.MX51) vulnerabilities
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