CVE-2011-1577
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 3, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 5, 2011
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the is_gpt_valid function in fs/partitions/efi.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted size of the EFI GUID partition-table header on removable media.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- kernel-guid-dos(66773)vdb-entry
- 1025355vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695976
- [oss-security] 20110413 Re: CVE Request: kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel oopsmailing-list
- 47343vdb-entry
- RHSA-2011:0833vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-7823vendor-advisory
- 8238third-party-advisory
- 20110413 [PRE-SA-2011-03] Denial-of-service vulnerability in EFI partition handling code of the Linux kernelmailing-list
- [mm-commits] 20110412 + fs-partitions-efic-corrupted-guid-partition-tables-can-cause-kernel-oops.patch added to -mm treemailing-list
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
- [oss-security] 20110412 CVE Request: kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel oopsmailing-list
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