CVE-2011-2492
Low
Description
The bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc4 does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted getsockopt system call, related to (1) the l2cap_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c and (2) the rfcomm_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c.
SeverityLow
CVSS1.9
Exploit probability—
Product
Linux Kernel
PublishedJul 28, 2011
First seenJul 28, 2011
How to fix
Update
- linux linux_kernel3.0 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux linux_kernel | v < 3.0, 3.0 | 3.0 |
| redhat enterprise_linux_aus | 5.6 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_eus | 5.6 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_server | 5.0 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0 | — |
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