CVE-2011-1021
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
21/06/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
3.60
Severity 2.0
LOW
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.9 (including) | |
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680841
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680841
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3