CVE-2011-1495

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
03/05/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier does not validate (1) length and (2) offset values before performing memory copy operations, which might allow local users to gain privileges, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted ioctl call, related to the _ctl_do_mpt_command and _ctl_diag_read_buffer functions.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.38 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*