CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2011-1495
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.37%
Linux
Original NVD Description
drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier does not validate (1) length and (2) offset values before performing memory copy operations, which might allow local users to gain privileges, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted ioctl call, related to the _ctl_do_mpt_command and _ctl_diag_read_buffer functions.