FKIE_CVE-2009-3001
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-08-28 15:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:10
Severity
Summary
The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc7 and earlier does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to read the contents of some kernel memory locations by calling getsockname on an AF_LLC socket.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.31 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.31 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.31 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.31 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.31 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.31 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.31 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 9.04 |
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