FKIE_CVE-2011-1020
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-02-28 16:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:28
Severity
Summary
The proc filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37 and earlier does not restrict access to the /proc directory tree of a process after this process performs an exec of a setuid program, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via open, lseek, read, and write system calls.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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