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CVE-2011-2211

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Date: June 13, 2012

The osf_wait4 function in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform uses an incorrect pointer, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a certain integer value to kernel memory.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.2

Related Resources (5)

Url: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2211

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/7

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2211

Severity Score

7.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2011-2211

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Date: June 13, 2012

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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