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Bug 385927 (CVE-2011-2211)

Summary: Kernel: linux >= 2.6.39.1 error when processing the "osf_getsysinfo()" system call in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c (CVE-2011-2211)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Michael Harrison <n0idx80>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: trivial CC: kernel
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: Alpha   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/44754/
Whiteboard: [linux >= 2.6.39.1]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Michael Harrison 2011-10-06 20:13:51 UTC
4) An error when processing the "osf_getsysinfo()" system call in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c can be exploited to disclose the contents of some kernel memory.
Comment 1 Michael Harrison 2012-01-31 10:57:38 UTC
Original Advisory:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/6/11/87 

Solution:
Fixed in version 2.6.35.14

May be old and not affect current sources, but cleaning up bugs.
Thanks,
Michael