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CVE-2009-3001

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2009-08-28 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc7 and earlier does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to read the contents of some kernel memory locations by calling getsockname on an AF_LLC socket.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-200

References