Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-2707
CVE-2011-2707
Description
The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 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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References
4- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1nvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/18nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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