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CVE-2011-2211

CVE-2011-2211

EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527fhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527fhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/7