CVE-2011-1163

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-04-10

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.

See more information about CVE-2011-1163 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-2011-0833	2011-05-31
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2016	2011-05-23
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.12.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0833	2011-05-31
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-100.28.17.el5)	ELSA-2011-2016	2011-05-23
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.12.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0833	2011-05-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0542	2011-05-28
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2016	2011-05-23

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