CVE-2011-2905 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2011-2905?

CVE-2011-2905 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the perf_config function in tools/perf/util/config.c in perf, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted config file in the current working directory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2905?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2905?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2011-2905 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2905 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-4wv3-q9v5-fp5m.