Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2011-2211

The osf_wait4 function in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform uses an incorrect pointer, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a certain integer value to kernel memory.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.