Information disclosure in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-0711
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.38
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 5.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 5.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_aus — versions 5.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_eus — versions 5.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 5.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)