Upstream information
Description
The 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.NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Novell/SUSE information
Novell Bugzilla entry: 534372, 535707 SUSE Security Advisories:- SUSE-SA:2009:051, published Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2009:054, published Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2009:056, published Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2010:012, published Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 |
| sle11-debuginfo.x86 sles11.x86 sle11-hae.x86 sled11.x86 sle11-sdk.x86 SAT Patch Nr: 1413 |
| Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64 |
| sles9-nld.x86-64 YOU Patch Nr: 12547 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for IPF |
| sles10-sp2-debuginfo.ia64 sle10-sp2-sdk.ia64 sles10-sp2.ia64 ZYPP Patch Nr: 6633 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for IPF |
| sles10-sp2-debuginfo.ia64 sle10-sp2-sdk.ia64 sles10-sp2.ia64 ZYPP Patch Nr: 6633 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for IBM zSeries 64bit |
| sles10-sp2-debuginfo.s390x sles10-sp2.s390x ZYPP Patch Nr: 6635 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for IBM zSeries 64bit |
| sles10-sp2-debuginfo.s390x sles10-sp2.s390x ZYPP Patch Nr: 6635 |
| SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit |
| core9.s390 YOU Patch Nr: 12544 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 |
| sle11-debuginfo.ia64 sles11.ia64 sle11-hae.ia64 SAT Patch Nr: 1409 |
| Novell Linux POS 9 SUSE CORE 9 for x86 |
| core9.x86 sles9-nlpos.x86 YOU Patch Nr: 12541 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 |
| sle11-hae.x86-64 sle11-debuginfo.x86-64 sled11.x86-64 sle11-sdk.x86-64 sles11.x86-64 SAT Patch Nr: 1412 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 |
| sle11-debuginfo.s390x sle11-hae.s390x sles11.s390x SAT Patch Nr: 1410 |
| SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family |
| core9.ia64 YOU Patch Nr: 12542 |
| SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit |
| core9.s390x YOU Patch Nr: 12545 |
| SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER |
| core9.ppc YOU Patch Nr: 12543 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for IBM POWER |
| sles10-sp2.ppc sles10-sp2-debuginfo.ppc sle10-sp2-sdk.ppc ZYPP Patch Nr: 6634 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for IBM POWER |
| sles10-sp2.ppc sles10-sp2-debuginfo.ppc sle10-sp2-sdk.ppc ZYPP Patch Nr: 6634 |
| SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T |
| core9.x86-64 YOU Patch Nr: 12546 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 for x86 |
| sled10-sp2.x86 sle10-sp2-sdk.x86 sles10-sp2.x86 sles10-sp2-debuginfo.x86 ZYPP Patch Nr: 6632 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for x86 |
| sled10-sp2.x86 sle10-sp2-sdk.x86 sles10-sp2.x86 sles10-sp2-debuginfo.x86 ZYPP Patch Nr: 6632 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for x86 |
| sled10-sp2.x86 sle10-sp2-sdk.x86 sles10-sp2.x86 sles10-sp2-debuginfo.x86 ZYPP Patch Nr: 6632 |
| SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T |
| Builds YOU Patch Nr: 12814 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T |
| sled10-sp2.x86-64 sle10-sp2-sdk.x86-64 sles10-sp2.x86-64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo.x86-64 ZYPP Patch Nr: 6636 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO for AMD64 and Intel EM64T |
| sled10-sp2.x86-64 sle10-sp2-sdk.x86-64 sles10-sp2.x86-64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo.x86-64 ZYPP Patch Nr: 6636 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T |
| sled10-sp2.x86-64 sle10-sp2-sdk.x86-64 sles10-sp2.x86-64 sles10-sp2-debuginfo.x86-64 ZYPP Patch Nr: 6636 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 |
| sles11.ppc sle11-debuginfo.ppc sle11-hae.ppc SAT Patch Nr: 1411 |
| Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86 |
| sles9-nld.x86 sles9-oes.x86 YOU Patch Nr: 12548 |
| Open Enterprise Server |
| sles9-nld.x86 sles9-oes.x86 YOU Patch Nr: 12548 |
