Uninitialized Structure Member Vulnerability in xfs_fs_geometry Function

CVE-2011-0711 · LOW Severity

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

The xfs_fs_geometry function in fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FSGEOMETRY_V1 ioctl call.

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