CVE-2011-1173

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJun 22, 2011
First seenJun 22, 2011

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel2.6.39 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 2.6.392.6.39

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