CVE-2011-1078

N/A Unknown
Published: June 21, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

The sco_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the SCO_CONNINFO option.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1156.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681259
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1156.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/01/10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681259
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4c896e1471aec3b004a693c689f60be3b17ac86
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
28th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

linux

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