CVE-2009-3001
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.9 · Information disclosure
4.9CVSS MEDIUM
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28e9fc592cb8c7a43e4d3147b38be6032a0e81bc
- http://jon.oberheide.org/files/llc-getsockname-leak.c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37105Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9513Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/26/1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36126Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=519305Advisory