{"id":"CVE-2011-0711","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-0711","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:31.929Z","title":"The xfs_fs_geometry function in fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an…","description":"The xfs_fs_geometry function in fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FSGEOMETRY_V1 ioctl call.","published":"2011-03-01T23:00:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:27:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux server aus","redhat/enterprise linux server eus","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.00396,"percentile":0.33523,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/70950","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.log","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a3675b7f23f83ca8c67c9c2b6edf707fd28d1ba","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/70950","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.log","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46417","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677260","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/555461/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0711","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}