CVE-2011-2707

A flaw was found in ptrace_setxregs in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c on the Xtensa architecture, where there was an arbitrary kernel read problem seen without a pre-address validation. This flaw allows an attacker with local access and special user privileges (of CAP_SYS_PTRACE) to cause a confidentiality breach, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and system availability.

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not provide support for the Xtensa processor architecture.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.