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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-06-13T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:00:34.254Z

Reserved: 2011-06-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-2494

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-13T10:24:55.780

Modified: 2023-02-13T00:18:02.510

Link: CVE-2011-2494

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2494 - Bugzilla