CVE-2011-1160

low

Published 2012-06-21 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.1

Description

The tpm_open function in drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain buffer, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 9 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
2.6.38.7	Affected	—
2.6.38.6	Affected	—
2.6.38.5	Affected	—
2.6.38.4	Affected	—
2.6.38.3	Affected	—
2.6.38.2	Affected	—
2.6.38.1	Affected	—
2.6.38	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.