CVE

Id
50406  
CVE No.
CVE-2011-2494  
Status
Candidate  
Description
kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user"s password.  
Phase
Assigned (20110615)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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