CVE - CVE-2011-2492

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-2492	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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, related to (1) the l2cap_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c and (2) the rfcomm_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c.
References
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MISC:1025778 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025778 MISC:HPSBGN02970 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 MISC:RHSA-2011:0927 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html MISC:[linux-bluetooth] 20110508 Bluetooth: l2cap and rfcomm: fix 1 byte infoleak to userspace. URL:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.kernel/12909 MISC:[oss-security] 20110624 CVE request: kernel: bluetooth: l2cap and rfcomm: fix 1 byte infoleak to userspace URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/24/2 MISC:[oss-security] 20110624 Re: CVE request: kernel: bluetooth: l2cap and rfcomm: fix 1 byte infoleak to userspace URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/24/3 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d03e971cf403305217b8e62db3a2e5ad2d6263f URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d03e971cf403305217b8e62db3a2e5ad2d6263f MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc4 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc4 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703019 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703019
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110615	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110615)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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