Is CVE-2011-2906 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-2906 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-2906?

CVE-2011-2906 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2011-2906

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

Integer signedness error in the pmcraid_ioctl_passthrough function in drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or memory corruption) via a negative size value in an ioctl call. NOTE: this may be a vulnerability only in unusual environments that provide a privileged program for obtaining the required file descriptor.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400
EPSS score: 0.5% (41th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-2879)
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-2011-2879 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b5b515445f4f5a905c5dd27e6e682868ccd6c09d
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1(Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/09/8(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b5b515445f4f5a905c5dd27e6e682868ccd6c09d(Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

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

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