Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2011-2210

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (39.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.39, 2.6.39.1, 2.6.39.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

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