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CVE-2011-1080

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1080 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel before version 2.6.39, specifically within the ebtables functionality. It allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to leak kernel stack memory by manipulating table names, potentially exposing sensitive data like modprobe command lines. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low severity and impact, with no integrity or availability concerns. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not a high-priority threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.38.8CPE 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
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 27th 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 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-0:2.6.18-238.12.1.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
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1080Low

kernel: ebtables stack infoleak

Feb 14, 2011

References

downloads.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100145416
ftp.osuosl.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
git.kernel.org
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/d846f71195d57b0bbb143382647c2c6638b04c5a
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10