CVE-2011-1160
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The tpm_open function in drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain buffer, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 1.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2011:1350 | 2011-10-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2011:1386 | 2011-10-20 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2011:1253 | 2011-09-12 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.3 | realtime-kernel | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Peter Huewe for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation