CVE-2009-0676 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=df0bca049d01c0ee94afb7cd5dfd959541e6c8da http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/12/123 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123540732700371&w=2 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/20/1 http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6816/ http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 http://secunia.com/advisories/34394 http://secunia.com/advisories/34502 http://secunia.com/advisories/34680 http://secunia.com/advisories/34786 http://secunia.com/advisories/34962 http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.6 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:071 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/24/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/02/6 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33846 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486305 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48847 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11653 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A8618