CVE-2011-0463
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20
Input Validation
Publication date:
10/04/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
The ocfs2_prepare_page_for_write function in fs/ocfs2/aops.c in the Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not properly handle holes that cross page boundaries, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from uninitialized disk locations by reading a file.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.38.2 (including) | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D272b62c1f0f6f742046e45b50b6fec98860208a0
- http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/ocfs2-devel/2011-February/007846.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43966
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673037
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D272b62c1f0f6f742046e45b50b6fec98860208a0
- http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/ocfs2-devel/2011-February/007846.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43966
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.39-rc1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673037