CVE-2011-2492

Published: 28 July 2011

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.

From the Ubuntu security team

It was discovered that Bluetooth l2cap and rfcomm did not correctly initialize structures. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of the kernel stack, leading to a loss of privacy.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Not vulnerable
(3.11.0-12.19)
Patches:
Introduced by 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Fixed by 8d03e971cf403305217b8e62db3a2e5ad2d6263f
linux-ec2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

linux-flo
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [3.4.0-1.3])
linux-fsl-imx51
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

linux-goldfish
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [3.4.0-1.7])
linux-grouper
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [3.1.10-8.28])
linux-lts-backport-maverick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

linux-lts-backport-natty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

linux-lts-backport-oneiric
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

linux-maguro
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [3.0.0-3.18])
linux-mako
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [3.4.0-3.21])
linux-manta
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [3.4.0-4.19])
linux-mvl-dove
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

linux-ti-omap4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (3.0~rc4)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

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