Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-2184
Published: September 6, 2011 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92542
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2184
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to null pointer dereference error. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2184
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/2
- http://alt.swiecki.net/linux_kernel/sys_open-kmem_cache_alloc-2.6.39-rc4.txt
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/23/199
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/2
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/24/502
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/25/265
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.1
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8371
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f7285b5d631fd6096b11c6af0058ed3a2b30ef4e