UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1162

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1162

    UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1162

    Published: 2 Dec 2011Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-1162
    Aliases:
    USN-1260-1
    USN-1275-1
    USN-1294-1

    Summary:

    Details: The tpm_read function in the Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly clear memory, which might allow local users to read the results of the previous TPM command.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1162, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1465.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1260-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1275-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1294-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1303-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1299-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1311-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1318-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1319-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1323-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1325-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1332-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1337-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1341-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1345-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1162

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1162 | CVE-DB