CVE-2009-0676

The sock_getsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via an SO_BSDCOMPAT getsockopt request.

🔗 References (76)

• cve@mitrehttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=df0bca049d01c0ee94afb7cd5dfd959541e6c8da
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
• cve@mitrehttp://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/12/123
• cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123540732700371&w=2
• cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/20/1
• cve@mitrehttp://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6816/
• cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/33758
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/34394
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/34502
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/34680
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/34786
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/34962