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CVE-2011-1160

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1160 describes a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the tpm_open function in drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c before version 2.6.39. This flaw allows local users to potentially access sensitive information from kernel memory due to an uninitialized buffer. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.38.8CPE 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
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 72nd 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-274.7.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-131.17.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1160Low

kernel: tpm infoleaks

Mar 8, 2011

References

ftp.osuosl.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
git.kernel.org
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/1309d7afbed112f0e8e90be9af975550caa0076b
ExploitPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/13