CVE-2011-1044

Published: 18 February 2011

The ib_uverbs_poll_cq function in drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not initialize a certain response buffer, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors that cause this buffer to be only partially filled, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4649.

From the Ubuntu security team

Dan Carpenter discovered that the Infiniband driver did not correctly handle certain requests. A local user could exploit this to crash the system or potentially gain root privileges.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.37~rc6)






	Patches: Upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7182afea8d1afd432a17c18162cc3fd441d0da93
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.37~rc6)






linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.37~rc6)






linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.37~rc6)






linux-lts-backport-natty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.37~rc6)






linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.37~rc6)






linux-source-2.6.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.37~rc6)






linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.37~rc6)

References

Join the discussion

Canonical is offering Extended Security Maintenance

Canonical is offering Ubuntu 14.04 Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) for security fixes and essential packages.

Find out more about ESM