Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004244
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jan 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jan 2012

CVE-2011-1162  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The tpm_read function in the Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly clear memory, which might allow local users to read the results of the previous TPM command.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1