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Tracker / CVE-2011-1163

CVE-2011-1163

Low 2.1

The osf_partition function in fs/partitions/osf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle an invalid number of partitions, which might allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via vectors related to partition-table parsing.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel · … → 2.6.38
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat enterprise_linux_eus
redhat enterprise_linux_server
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
suse linux_enterprise_server

Analysis

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