Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in osf_wait4 Function on Alpha Platform

CVE-2011-2211 · HIGH Severity

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

The osf_wait4 function in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform uses an incorrect pointer, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a certain integer value to kernel memory.

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