Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.30.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004954
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Aug 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Aug 2009

CVE-2009-2691  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.30.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The mm_for_maps function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30.4 and earlier allows local users to read (1) maps and (2) smaps files under proc/ via vectors related to ELF loading, a setuid process, and a race condition.

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