National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0711

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba

External Source: BID

Name: 46417

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.log

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.log

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 70950

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/70950

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110216 CVE request - kernel: xfs infoleak

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110216 Re: CVE request - kernel: xfs infoleak

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10