CVE-2011-2494 | BDVDB-2026-50508 Detail
Description#
kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716842
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.