CVE - CVE-2011-1021

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1021	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347.
References
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MISC:[oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: kernel: /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method can bypass module restrictions URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/5 MISC:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0 URL:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680841 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680841 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110214	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110214)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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