CVE-2011-0711

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-03-01

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.

See more information about CVE-2011-0711 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	2.1	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0927	2011-07-18
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2015	2011-05-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.19.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0927	2011-07-18
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-100.28.15.el5)	ELSA-2011-2015	2011-05-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.19.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0927	2011-07-18
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0498	2011-05-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2015	2011-05-11

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