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CVE-2011-1010
Buffer overflow in the mac_partition function in fs/partitions/mac.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37.2 allows local users to cause a…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.51%
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- redhat
Description
Buffer overflow in the mac_partition function in fs/partitions/mac.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Mac OS partition table.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 57% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 8115 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110222 CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tables (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- kernel-map-dos(65643) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679282 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46492 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110222 Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tables (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20110223 [PRE-SA-2011-01] Multiple Linux kernel vulnerabilities in partition handling code of LDM and MAC partition tables (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110222 Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tables (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1025126 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa7ea87a057958a8b7926c1a60a3ca6d696328ed (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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