The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not validate user-space pointers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory locations via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2688 The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not validate user-space pointers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory locations via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:08:23.765Z

Reserved: 2011-07-11T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-2707

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-05-24T23:55:02.010

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-2707

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-07-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2707 - Bugzilla

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