Tracker / CVE-2011-2495
CVE-2011-2495
Low 2.1
fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc/#####/io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 2.6.39.3 |
Analysis
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