Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-2906
CVE-2011-2906
Description
Integer signedness error in the pmcraid_ioctl_passthrough function in drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or memory corruption) via a negative size value in an ioctl call. NOTE: this may be a vulnerability only in unusual environments that provide a privileged program for obtaining the required file descriptor.
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4- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1nvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/09/8nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b5b515445f4f5a905c5dd27e6e682868ccd6c09dnvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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