VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2011-1172

low
Published 2011-06-22 · 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

net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not place the expected '\0' character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to issue a crafted request, and then reading the argument to the resulting modprobe process.

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 Linux kernel Affected 200 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
2.6.22.19 Affected —
2.6.22.18 Affected —
2.6.22.17 Affected —
2.6.22.16 Affected —
2.6.22.15 Affected —
2.6.22.14 Affected —
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2.6.22.3 Affected —
2.6.22.2 Affected —
2.6.22.1 Affected —
2.6.22 Affected —
2.6.21.7 Affected —
2.6.21.6 Affected —
2.6.21.5 Affected —
2.6.21.4 Affected —
2.6.21.3 Affected —
2.6.21.2 Affected —
2.6.21.1 Affected —
2.6.21 Affected —
2.6.20.21 Affected —
2.6.20.20 Affected —
2.6.20.19 Affected —
2.6.20.18 Affected —
2.6.20.17 Affected —
2.6.20.16 Affected —
2.6.20.15 Affected —
2.6.20.14 Affected —
2.6.20.13 Affected —
2.6.20.12 Affected —
2.6.20.11 Affected —
2.6.20.10 Affected —
2.6.20.9 Affected —
2.6.20.8 Affected —
2.6.20.7 Affected —
2.6.20.6 Affected —
2.6.20.5 Affected —
2.6.20.4 Affected —
2.6.20.3 Affected —
2.6.20.2 Affected —
2.6.20.1 Affected —
2.6.20 Affected —
2.6.19.7 Affected —
2.6.19.6 Affected —
2.6.19.5 Affected —
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2.6.19.3 Affected —
2.6.19.2 Affected —
2.6.19.1 Affected —
2.6.19 Affected —
2.6.18.8 Affected —
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2.6.18 Affected —
2.6.17.14 Affected —
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2.6.17.5 Affected —
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2.6.17.2 Affected —
2.6.17.1 Affected —
2.6.17 Affected —
2.6.16.62 Affected —
2.6.16.61 Affected —
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2.6.16.5 Affected —
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2.6.16.3 Affected —
2.6.16.2 Affected —
2.6.16.1 Affected —
2.6.16 Affected —
2.6.15.7 Affected —
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2.6.15.3 Affected —
2.6.15.2 Affected —
2.6.15.1 Affected —
2.6.15 Affected —
2.6.14.7 Affected —
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2.6.14.3 Affected —
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2.6.14.1 Affected —
2.6.14 Affected —
2.6.13.5 Affected —
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2.6.13.2 Affected —
2.6.13.1 Affected —
2.6.13 Affected —
2.6.12.6 Affected —
2.6.12.5 Affected —
2.6.12.4 Affected —
2.6.12.3 Affected —
2.6.12.2 Affected —
2.6.12.1 Affected —
2.6.12 Affected —
2.6.11.12 Affected —
2.6.11.11 Affected —
2.6.11.10 Affected —
2.6.11.9 Affected —
2.6.11.8 Affected —
2.6.11.7 Affected —
2.6.11.6 Affected —
2.6.11.5 Affected —
2.6.11.4 Affected —
2.6.11.3 Affected —
2.6.11.2 Affected —
2.6.11.1 Affected —
2.6.11 Affected —
2.6.10 Affected —
2.6.9 Affected —
2.6.8.1 Affected —
2.6.8 Affected —
2.6.7 Affected —
2.6.6 Affected —
2.6.5 Affected —
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2.6.2 Affected —
2.6.1 Affected —
2.6.0 Affected —
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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.