CVE-2011-0711

The xfs_fs_geometry function in fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FSGEOMETRY_V1 ioctl call.

• CWE-200

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/70950Broken Link
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.logBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/70950Broken Link
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.logBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Mar 1, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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