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.
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Published : 2011-07-28 22:55
Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51
NVD link : CVE-2011-2492
Mitre link : CVE-2011-2492
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-2492
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Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_eus
- enterprise_linux_aus
- enterprise_linux_server
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor