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CVE-2009-0676

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2009-02-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The sock_getsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via an SO_BSDCOMPAT getsockopt request.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References