CVE-2011-2211
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 13, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 31, 2011
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4
- [oss-security] 20110615 Re: CVE request: kernel: alpha: fix several security issuesmailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f
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