Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24895Information 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. The vulnerability exists as the I/O statistics from the taskstats subsystem could be read without any restrictions. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to gather confidential information, such as the length of a password used in a process.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
secunia.com/advisories/48898
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1465
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716842
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-1465
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043
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