CVE - CVE-2011-2707

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-2707	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not validate user-space pointers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory locations via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request.
References
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MISC:[oss-security] 20110720 Re: CVE request: kernel: arbitrary kernel read in xtensa URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/18 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110711	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 (20110711)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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