PT-2012-1548 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Dan Rosenberg · Published 2012-06-13 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2011-2211

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39.4

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by writing a certain integer value to kernel memory due to the osf wait4 function in arch/alpha/kernel/osf sys.c using an incorrect pointer on the Alpha platform.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.39.4, update to version 2.6.39.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2211

DSA-2310-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2211 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/7 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f · Note
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4 · Note