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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-2210

CVE-2011-2210

Description

The osf_getsysinfo function in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform does not properly restrict the data size for GSI_GET_HWRPB operations, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted call.

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel11 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.6.39.3
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.39.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.39.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.39:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.39:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.39:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.39:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.39:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.39:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.39:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Linux/Linux kernelllm-fuzzy
    Range: <2.6.39.4

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