CVE-2011-1163

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-04-10
Impact:	Low	What is this?

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

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

CVSS v2 metrics

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

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