[PRE-SA-2011-04] Heap overflow in EFI partition handling code of the Linux kernel

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Posted by Timo Warns on May 11

PRE-CERT Security Advisory
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* Advisory: PRE-SA-2011-04
* Released on: 10 May 2011
* Last updated on: 10 May 2011
* Affected product: Linux Kernel 2.4 and 2.6
* Impact: information disclosure, denial-of-service
* Origin: storage devices
* Credit: Timo Warns (PRESENSE Technologies GmbH)
* CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-1776

Summary
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The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability that may lead to
an information disclosure or…

Source: [PRE-SA-2011-04] Heap overflow in EFI partition handling code of the Linux kernel