CVE-2011-2494
Linux Kernel < 3.1 - Unauthorized Sensitive I/O Statistics Exposure via Taskstats Netlink Commands
Title source: llmDescription
kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/1
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716842
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
Scores
EPSS
0.0035
EPSS Percentile
27.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (34)
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.1
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.2
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.3
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.4
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.5
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.6
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.7
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.8
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.9
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.10
... and 24 more
Published
Jun 13, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026