Information disclosure in Linux Linux_kernel
CVE-2011-2492
The bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc4 does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted getsockopt system call…
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.001 (17.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 3.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_aus — versions 5.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 5.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 5.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 5.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 5.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- RHSA-2011:0927 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- [oss-security] 20110624 Re: CVE request: kernel: bluetooth: l2cap and rfcomm: fix 1 byte infoleak to userspace (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- 1025778 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- [oss-security] 20110624 CVE request: kernel: bluetooth: l2cap and rfcomm: fix 1 byte infoleak to userspace (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- [linux-bluetooth] 20110508 Bluetooth: l2cap and rfcomm: fix 1 byte infoleak to userspace. (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Broken Link)
- HPSBGN02970 (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)