CVE-2011-0463

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0463
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-04-10 02:51:19 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe ocfs2_prepare_page_for_write function in fs/ocfs2/aops.c in the Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not properly handle holes that cross page boundaries, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from uninitialized disk locations by reading a file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel OCFS2 Sparse Writes Information Disclosure Weakness - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] Treat writes as new when holes span across page boundaries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oss.oracle.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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