CVE-2009-3001

Description

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52732

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/26/1

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9513

http://secunia.com/advisories/37105

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28e9fc592cb8c7a43e4d3147b38be6032a0e81bc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3