CVE-2009-3002

NameCVE-2009-3002
DescriptionThe Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc7 does not initialize certain data structures within getname functions, which allows local users to read the contents of some kernel memory locations by calling getsockname on (1) an AF_APPLETALK socket, related to the atalk_getname function in net/appletalk/ddp.c; (2) an AF_IRDA socket, related to the irda_getname function in net/irda/af_irda.c; (3) an AF_ECONET socket, related to the econet_getname function in net/econet/af_econet.c; (4) an AF_NETROM socket, related to the nr_getname function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c; (5) an AF_ROSE socket, related to the rose_getname function in net/rose/af_rose.c; or (6) a raw CAN socket, related to the raw_getname function in net/can/raw.c.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1915-1, DSA-1928-1, DSA-1929-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linux-2.6sourceetch2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch1DSA-1929-1
linux-2.6sourcelenny2.6.26-19lenny1DSA-1915-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.30-7low
linux-2.6.24sourceetch2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.9etch1DSA-1928-1
linux-2.6.24source(unstable)(unfixed)

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