Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24499Information Disclosure
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
kernel is vulnerable to information disclosure. An information leak was found in the Linux kernel’s task_show_regs() implementation. On IBM S/390 systems, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to read /proc/[PID]/status files, allowing them to discover the CPU register values of processes.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.6_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0429
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=261cd298a8c363d7985e3482946edb4bfedacf98
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=261cd298a8c363d7985e3482946edb4bfedacf98
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/9
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.38-rc4-next-20110216.bz2
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/46421
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0429
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677850
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65464
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N