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CVE-2011-1021

Published: Jun 21, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1021
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.9 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9-rc1 (including)2.6.9-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9-rc2 (including)2.6.9-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9-rc3 (including)2.6.9-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9-rc4 (including)2.6.9-rc4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2RedHatkernel-rt-0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-floUbuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-goldfishUbuntusaucy*
Linux-goldfishUbuntuupstream*
Linux-grouperUbuntusaucy*
Linux-grouperUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-maguroUbuntusaucy*
Linux-maguroUbuntuupstream*
Linux-makoUbuntusaucy*
Linux-makoUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mantaUbuntusaucy*
Linux-mantaUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

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