CVE-2011-1173

N/A Unknown
Published: June 22, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the x86_64 platform allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading uninitialized data in the ah field of an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67c5c6cb8129c595f21e88254a3fc6b3b841ae8e
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=130036203528021&w=2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8279
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591815#c14
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67c5c6cb8129c595f21e88254a3fc6b3b841ae8e
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=130036203528021&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8279
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591815#c14
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.6%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

linux

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