Re: CVE Request: kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted OSF partition table can cause information disclosure

[Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat com>]

Please use CVE-2011-1163.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

----- Original Message -----
> The kernel automatically evaluates partition tables of storage
> devices.
> The code for evaluating OSF partitions (in fs/partitions/osf.c)
> contains a bug that leaks data from kernel heap memory to userspace
> for
> certain corrupted OSF partitions.
>
> See http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.html for a patch.
>
> Cheers, Timo
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