Release Date: | 2011-03-01 | |
Impact: | Low | What is this? |
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.
See more information about CVE-2011-0711 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 2.1 |
Vector String: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Version: | 2.0 |
Attack Vector: | Local |
Attack Complexity: | Low |
Authentication: | None |
Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
Integrity Impact: | None |
Availability Impact: | None |
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