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CVE-2011-2211

Published: Jun 13, 2012 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2211
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The osf_wait4 function in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform uses an incorrect pointer, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a certain integer value to kernel memory.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 2.6.39.3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.39 (including) 2.6.39 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.39-rc1 (including) 2.6.39-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.39-rc2 (including) 2.6.39-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.39-rc3 (including) 2.6.39-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.39-rc4 (including) 2.6.39-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.39-rc5 (including) 2.6.39-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.39-rc6 (including) 2.6.39-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.39-rc7 (including) 2.6.39-rc7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.39.1 (including) 2.6.39.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.39.2 (including) 2.6.39.2 (including)

References

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