CVE-2011-0711

Published: 1 March 2011

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Dan Rosenberg discovered that XFS did not correctly initialize memory. A local attacker could make crafted ioctl calls to leak portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Released (2.6.24-29.92)
	karmic	Ignored
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-32.62)
	maverick	Released (2.6.35-30.52)
	natty	Released (2.6.38-6.33)
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc8)
	Patches: upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=af24ee9ea8d532e16883251a6684dfa1be8eec29
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-316.30)
	maverick	Ignored (binary supplied by "linux" now)
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc8)
linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	lucid	Released (2.6.31-609.26)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc8)
linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Released (2.6.35-30.54~lucid1)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc8)
linux-lts-backport-natty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Does not exist
	lucid	Not vulnerable (2.6.38-7.35~lucid1)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc8)
linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Ignored (abandonded branch)
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-217.34)
	maverick	Released (2.6.32-417.34)
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc8)
linux-source-2.6.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Ignored
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Does not exist
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc8)
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Does not exist
	maverick	Released (2.6.35-903.23)
	natty	Released (2.6.38-1205.6)
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc8)

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