CVE-2011-1010 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1010?

CVE-2011-1010 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Mar 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the mac_partition function in fs/partitions/mac.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Mac OS partition table.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1010?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1010?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-1010 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1010 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4vrq-3h8h-j65j.