CVE-2011-2209

Description

Integer signedness error in the osf_sysinfo function in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted call.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-2198

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/7

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS