CVE-2011-1021

drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347.

CVSS v2.0

3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 58th percentile

Published

2012-06-21

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15774

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2011-1020
• CVE-2011-1038
• CVE-2011-1018
• CVE-2011-1047
• CVE-2011-1009
• CVE-2011-1048