Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-1160
Published: June 22, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43952
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1160
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The tpm_open function in drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain buffer, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1160
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1309d7afbed112f0e8e90be9af975550caa0076b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/13
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684671
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1309d7afbed112f0e8e90be9af975550caa0076b