PT-2012-1547
CVE-2011-2210
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Published
2012-06-13
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Updated
2023-02-13
Description by
CVSS 2.0
2.1
LowMetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39.4
Description
The issue is related to the
osf getsysinfo function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly restrict the data size for GSI GET HWRPB operations. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted call.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39.4, update to version 2.6.39.4 or later to resolve the issue.
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