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FKIE_CVE-2011-1078

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-06-21 23:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:28
Severity
Summary
The sco_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the SCO_CONNINFO option.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
secalert@redhat.comhttp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1156.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681259
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1156.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681259
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38.2
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38.3
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38.4
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38.5
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38.6
linux linux_kernel 2.6.38.7
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