CVE - CVE-2011-0711

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-0711	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The xfs_fs_geometry function in fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FSGEOMETRY_V1 ioctl call.
References
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MISC:46417 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417 MISC:70950 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/70950~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2011:0927 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html MISC:[oss-security] 20110216 CVE request - kernel: xfs infoleak URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4 MISC:[oss-security] 20110216 Re: CVE request - kernel: xfs infoleak URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.log URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.log MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260 MISC:https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/ URL:https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110131	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 (20110131)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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