CVE-2007-1000 Information

Description

The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.2 allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory via certain getsockopt calls that trigger a NULL dereference.

Reference

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8134 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2787 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2788 http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/24493 http://secunia.com/advisories/24518 http://secunia.com/advisories/24777 http://secunia.com/advisories/24901 http://secunia.com/advisories/25080 http://secunia.com/advisories/25099 http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/920689 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.2 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078 http://www.osvdb.org/33025 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22904 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0907 http://www.wslabi.com/wabisabilabi/initPublishedBid.do? https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1153 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10015