CVE-2011-1010

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Buffer overflow in the mac_partition function in fs/partitions/mac.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Mac OS partition table.

Affected products

Linux kernel: before 2.6.37.2 — fixed in 2.6.37.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 2.6.37.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa7ea87a057958a8b7926c1a60a3ca6d696328ed
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/11
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/15
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37.2
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46492
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025126

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