National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2182
Original release date:06/13/2012
Last revised:06/13/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The ldm_frag_add function in fs/partitions/ldm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.1 does not properly handle memory allocation for non-initial fragments, which might allow local users to conduct buffer overflow attacks, and gain privileges or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted LDM partition table. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1017.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cae13fe4cc3f24820ffb990c09110626837e85d4
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20110605 Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: Kernel heap overflow via corrupted LDM partition tables
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cae13fe4cc3f24820ffb990c09110626837e85d4
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.1