CVE-2011-2494

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2494
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-13 10:24:55 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionkernel/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.

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-200 | 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 Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.19 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.20 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.21 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.22 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.23 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.24 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.25 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.26 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.27 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.28 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.29 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.30 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.31 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.32 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.33 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.9 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
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: taskstats/procfs io infoleak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug 716842 – CVE-2011-2494 kernel: taskstats io infoleak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Make TASKSTATS require root access · torvalds/linux@1a51410 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0554-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA48898 - SUSE update for kernel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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
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