CVE-2011-2210

Low

Description

The osf_getsysinfo function in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform does not properly restrict the data size for GSI_GET_HWRPB operations, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted call.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJun 13, 2012
First seenJun 13, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 2.6.39.3, 2.6.39, 2.6.39.1, 2.6.39.2—

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