CVE-2011-4914 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2011-4914?

CVE-2011-4914 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ROSE protocol implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not verify that certain data-length values are consistent with the amount of data sent, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted data to a ROSE socket.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4914?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4914?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2011-4914 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f8f2-gm5q-mw3w.