CVE-2011-1163

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46878
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8189
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025225
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9
• http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txt
• http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517050
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

References

• http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46878
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8189
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025225
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9
• http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txt
• http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517050
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

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