01 Record
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 denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 43.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-03-01 22:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-02-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7b3da1782c3267cda053c8f3713d8bba73e57a89bde03dcc5498a5f35dae2c43
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Consolehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com46397http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- securityreason.com8115http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110222 CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tableshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/3
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkernel-map-dos(65643)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65643
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37.2
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679282
- www.securityfocus.com46492http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46492
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110222 Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tableshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/11
- www.securityfocus.com20110223 [PRE-SA-2011-01] Multiple Linux kernel vulnerabilities in partition handling code of LDM and MAC partition tableshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threaded
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110222 Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tableshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/15
- www.securitytracker.com1025126http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025126
- www.pre-cert.dehttp://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa7ea87a057958a8b7926c1a60a3ca6d696328ed