01 Record
CVE-2011-1577
Heap-based buffer overflow in the is_gpt_valid function in fs/partitions/efi.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the is_gpt_valid function in fs/partitions/efi.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or
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
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.9% 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
- 2011-05-03 19:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-04-05
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- eb92aa536fba3bdac2d28f755f11d1090555ec48da57b5a8f8309f60dfd3c2e9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkernel-guid-dos(66773)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66773
- securitytracker.com1025355http://securitytracker.com/id?1025355
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695976
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110413 Re: CVE Request: kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel oopshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/1
- www.securityfocus.com47343http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47343
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0833http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-7823http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061236.html
- securityreason.com8238http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8238
- www.securityfocus.com20110413 [PRE-SA-2011-03] Denial-of-service vulnerability in EFI partition handling code of the Linux kernelhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517477/100/0/threaded
- www.spinics.net[mm-commits] 20110412 + fs-partitions-efic-corrupted-guid-partition-tables-can-cause-kernel-oops.patch added to -mm treehttp://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg83274.html
- downloads.avaya.comhttp://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110412 CVE Request: kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel oopshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/12/17