Information disclosure in Linux Kernel

CVE-2011-2494

kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.