VDB
CVE-2011-2211
CVE-2011-2211
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.199999809265137 HIGH
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.
EPSS 0.05% · 14.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS v2.0
7.199999809265137
EPSS Score
0.05%
14.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | * |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.39, 2.6.39, 2.6.39 |
Timeline
- Jun 13, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 23, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 19, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4 url
- [oss-security] 20110615 Re: CVE request: kernel: alpha: fix several security issues mailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f url
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2211 advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f url