Improper input validation in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-0463
The ocfs2_prepare_page_for_write function in fs/ocfs2/aops.c in the Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not properly handle holes that cross page boundaries, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from uninitialized disk locations by reading a file.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 8.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- secunia.com/advisories/43966 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc1 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- oss.oracle.com/pipermail/ocfs2-devel/2011-February/007846.html (mailing-list, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)