CVE-2011-1021

Published: Jun 21, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

3.6

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

Description

drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347.

Affected (5)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 2.6.9
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.9 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.9 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.9 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.9 rc4

Related CWEs

References (10)

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/5

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680841

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitPatch

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/5

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680841

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitPatch

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