FKIE_CVE-2010-2955
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-09-08 20:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:21
Severity
Summary
The cfg80211_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctl_standard_iw_point function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, and obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory, via vectors involving an SIOCGIWESSID ioctl call that specifies a large buffer size.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.36 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.36 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.36 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.1 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_real_time_extension | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 9.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 9.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.10 |
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