2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%
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.
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | PoC: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6816/ |