VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1163

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-04-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references