Is CVE-2011-1163 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-1163 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-1163?

CVE-2011-1163 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2011-1163

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

The osf_partition function in fs/partitions/osf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle an invalid number of partitions, which might allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via vectors related to partition-table parsing.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 0.4% (36th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-1173)
Published: April 10, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1173 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416(Third Party Advisory)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8189(Third Party Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025225(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38(Broken Link)
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txt(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517050(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46878(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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