CVE-2011-1012
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The ldm_parse_vmdb function in fs/partitions/ldm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git6 does not validate the VBLK size value in the VMDB structure in an LDM partition table, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) via a crafted partition table.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-369
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1029)
- Published
- March 1, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1029 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=294f6cf48666825d23c9372ef37631232746e40d
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/21(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git6.log(Broken Link)
- http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threaded(Not Applicable)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46512(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025127(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82429.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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