CVE-2011-1759

high

Description

Integer overflow in the sys_oabi_semtimedop function in arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the ARM platform, when CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by providing a crafted argument and leveraging a race condition.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f22072ab50cac7983f9660d33974b45184da4f9

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-1758

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/02/16

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f22072ab50cac7983f9660d33974b45184da4f9

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00437