CVE-2011-2707
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2688)
- Published
- May 24, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2688 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1(Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/18(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0d0138ebe24b94065580bd2601f8bb7eb6152f56(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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