The osf_partition function in fs/partitions/osf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle an invalid number of partitions, which might allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via vectors related to partition-table parsing.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2011-04-10T01:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T22:14:27.836Z
Reserved: 2011-03-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2011-1163
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2011-04-10T02:51:19.460
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:25:41.550
Link: CVE-2011-1163
Redhat