FKIE_CVE-2011-1163

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-04-10 02:51 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
The osf_partition function in fs/partitions/osf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle an invalid number of partitions, which might allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via vectors related to partition-table parsing.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/8189Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1025225Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txtThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517050Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46878Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8189Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1025225Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txtThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517050Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46878Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
suse linux_enterprise_server 10
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 5.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 5.6
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
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