Unscored severity · published Jul 28, 2011
CVE-2011-2492
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…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Aus · Redhat
5.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
5.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
5.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
5.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2492
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2492
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d03e971cf403305217b8e62db3a2e5ad2d6263f
Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
Broken Link
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.kernel/12909
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025778
Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc4
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