CVE - CVE-2011-1163

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1163	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:1025225 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025225 MISC:20110317 [PRE-SA-2011-02] Information disclosure vulnerability in the OSF partition handling code of the Linux kernel URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517050 MISC:46878 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46878 MISC:8189 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8189 MISC:RHSA-2011:0833 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:0812 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html MISC:[mm-commits] 20110314 + fs-partitions-osfc-corrupted-osf-partition-table-can-cause-information-disclosure.patch added to -mm tree URL:http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.html MISC:[oss-security] 20110315 CVE Request: kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted OSF partition table can cause information disclosure URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9 MISC:[oss-security] 20110315 Re: CVE Request: kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted OSF partition table can cause information disclosure URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14 MISC:http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 URL:http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 MISC:http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txt URL:http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txt MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110303	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.
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Assigned (20110303)
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