The sock_getsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via an SO_BSDCOMPAT getsockopt request.
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History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-02-22T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:40:05.102Z

Reserved: 2009-02-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-0676

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-02-22T22:30:00.967

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:00:40.107

Link: CVE-2009-0676

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-02-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-0676 - Bugzilla