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CVE-2011-0711

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0711 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting the xfs_fs_geometry function. This flaw allows local users to potentially access sensitive kernel stack memory via an uninitialized structure member during an FSGEOMETRY_V1 ioctl call. With a CVSS score of 2.1, this vulnerability is considered low severity, requiring local access with low attack complexity to achieve a partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.33.9-rt31.64.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-238.19.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-71.29.1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-0711Low

kernel: xfs: prevent leaking uninitialized stack memory in FSGEOMETRY_V1

Feb 10, 2011

References

git.kernel.org
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 70950
Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
patchwork.kernel.org / patch/555461
PatchVendor Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc6-git3.log
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/46417
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry