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CVSSv3

CVE-2011-2707

Published: 24/05/2012 Updated: 13/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6 | Impact Score: 5.2 | Exploitability Score: 0.8
VMScore: 321
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel prior to 3.1 does not validate user-space pointers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory locations via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request.

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