CVE - CVE-2011-1495

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1495	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier does not validate (1) length and (2) offset values before performing memory copy operations, which might allow local users to gain privileges, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted ioctl call, related to the _ctl_do_mpt_command and _ctl_diag_read_buffer functions.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20110405 [PATCH] drivers/scsi/mpt2sas: prevent heap overflows and unchecked reads URL:http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/5/327 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110405 CVE request: kernel: two issues in mpt2sas URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/05/32 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110406 Re: CVE request: kernel: two issues in mpt2sas URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/2 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694021 CONFIRM:https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/688021/ CONFIRM:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html CONFIRM:http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 REDHAT:RHSA-2011:0833 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:0812 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html BID:47185 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47185 SECUNIA:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
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Date Entry Created
20110321	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20110321)
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