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CVE-2011-2707

6.0 mediumEPSS 0.4%

The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not validate user-space pointers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory locations via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.0 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-200
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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